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which best describes why a diamond ring will sometimes sparkle different colors in normal white light? absorption interference refraction destruction
White light is a mixture of different - colored lights with different wavelengths. When white light enters a diamond, it undergoes refraction. Refraction causes the different - colored lights to bend by different amounts (dispersion), which makes the diamond sparkle with different colors. Absorption is the taking in of light energy by a material. Interference is the interaction of waves, and destruction is not relevant here in the context of light behavior in a diamond.
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C. refraction