Talk:Brilliance

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Having the characteristics of a shiny jewel.

isn't that slightly unprofessional? I would like to see a page on 'brilliance' of a gemstone.

213.42.21.76 07:28, 20 December 2006 (UTC) newuser

brilliance characterizes a radiation source. cf.: http://www.europhysicsnews.com/full/26/article4/article4.html

Sometimes brilliance refers to spectral radiance of laser sources, especially from the german origin, where "Brillanz" is a unit of brightness combined with spectrally narrow-ness.

e.g.: http://optics.org/cws/product/P000000449 62.141.180.1 (talk) 17:01, 11 December 2008 (UTC)