I may possibly have seen that 'shinning' effect (gold tint, IIRC?) once in Farglow, going through the training area once as a mage before selling the mace and switching classes (North American Xbox version). However, loading a save with a level 15 ranger in the fjords and putting 3 skill points into Fireball, I cast the spell a good dozen times without any issues.
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