The additional facets and their arrangement are designed to bounce off light in different directions, often through the stone’s pavilion instead of the crown, meaning the light bounces around in the diamond instead of returning directly back. This results in a lower level of brilliance and fire but more scattered sparkle than a classic brilliant cut diamond, giving a “crushed ice” appearance. Crushed ice diamonds also tend to lack contrast in a crown view. The facets showing through the table of the stone have reduced definition due to the way light is refracted, resulting in more of a shimmer through the table rather than flashes of light.