You examined multifaceted features:
beauty on the surface,
but prone to scratching,
beneath- permeated with impurities.
I was consistently translucent:
allowing light to enter
but it disseminated throughout me,
making you more blurred.
I was found worthless in my current state.
Resultantly, he powdered me down;
so I could be put to best use-
as an abrasive.