How does the brilliance, fire, and sctillation of briolite compare to a natural diamond?
Scintillation refers to the pattern of light and dark areas as seen in a diamond. It also indicates how bright the flashes of light are seen when the diamond moves. Precision in cutting vastly affects how dramatic the flashes are. Since briolite is cut by machines, the stones exhibit an extremely higher amount of scintillation than any other diamond substitute. Fire refers to the colored flashes of light reflected back from inside a stone, similar to reflections from a prism. Fire is largely affected by the accuracy and precision of the facets on the stone. These colored flashes are highly valued in natural diamonds, and due to briolite being machine cut, it exhibits a higher amount of fire than any known diamond simulant.
