Is it because its internal structure is Crystalline? I mean by transparency following.
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No, the Cornea is mostly fibrous - not crystalline.
As for the physics of optical transparency - here's an elementary introduction
In order to go through a material evenly, light has to avoid two things:
being absorbed
being scattered off into another direction.
See also
- Why glass is transparent?
- Why is air invisible?
- How can a body be transparent?
- Why is the atmosphere transparent in the visible spectrum?
- Why does paper become translucent when smeared with oil but not (so much) with water?
- Why do wet objects become darker?
- Transparency of materials
- Why isn't light scattered through transparency?
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I found out inspiring teaching on transparency of glass and why it is transparent for some frequencies( light). -http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Omr0JNyDBI0 – alvoutila Oct 17 '12 at 17:15