"Old stones have a much softer sparkle than a modern stone, and that’s why we’ve always been drawn to them, and that’s why people come to us for them. Old stones were cut more for dispersion, and that’s why they give that softer sparkle, because you’re seeing spectral colors; you’re not getting a white interface. They’re a softer sort of sparkle. Not less, just different." - Cyrus Shennum