Welcome to That's Brilliant! Here you will find a showcase of the finest quality colored gemstones hand-cut by Philip Lagas-Rivera, a lapidary based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

In the Gallery, you will find a portfolio of some of my favorite stones I've cut.

In the Store, you will find a listing of stones I currently have for sale.

I regularly do custom cutting for my clients and if you have a stone you would like to have me facet, you can find information and pricing in the Custom Cutting section.

For more information about your humble craftsman, see the About the Gem Cutter section of the site.

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Copper Sunstone
Clarity: Eyeclean
Cut: Pounded Shield
Dimensions: 6.0 x 13.0 x 4.0 mm
Weight: 1.67 carats
Price: $167 Buy This Stone
This was my first piece of sunstone and man is it a beauty! Sunstone is a naturally occurring stone in the feldspar family (which includes moonstone and labradorite). It sometimes occurs with bits of copper colored schiller in it, such as this one. One of the great things about this stone is that as you move it around, you sometimes get a big flash of copper from the schiller, and at other times, you get the reflection of light from the inside of the gem.