Drawings of Sparkling Gems - Diamonds, Crystals, and…!

Humans have been fascinated by gems and how light passes through them for millennia. The qualities of their cut and reflectivity can be quite difficult to draw, since gems are usually clear or translucent, and they often cast rainbows when strong light shines through them.

But the artists of the illustrations below certainly did a fantastic job capturing sparkling gemstones, didn’t they?