(I was looking for help in another group and for whatever reason a moderator deleted my post before anybody could respond. 🙄 so hopefully someone can help me here!!)

Hello! I am seeking advice about my engagement ring. I absolutely love the setting, but the seller was dishonest about the quality of the stone used. I originally wanted a moissanite but after doing more research, it seems I may prefer the appearance of a lab diamond after all. (I know the difference is slight, but it matters to me.) My moissanite often looks dull and is a different color from my small stones which appears super bright and crisp, while my main stone always appears dull and gray. I reached out to the Etsy seller and didn’t get much luck in fixing it unless they wanted me to spend $850 to swap it to a lab diamond. I went to a local jeweler and they told me the only way they could swap the stone was to completely remake the ring and it would cost $1,500-$2,000. My set didn’t even cost half of that cost.

So I went to a second shop and at first, she told me she would have to do the same thing and it would likely be a similar price, but that she could also possibly just cut the setting open and slightly pry the moissanite out and put in a lab diamond. She has quoted me $300 for the new stone and the swap which sounds almost too good to be true, but I am very eager to get my ring redone so that I can love it to its full potential.

Out of curiosity, I tried to see if there were any YouTube tutorials on swapping stones from bezel settings to see what the finished projects look like, but I’m not finding much that fits the exact description of what I’m needing done.

I know with bezel settings it’s not as easy and just opening a prong on a prong setting…but I’ve always just preferred bezel settings and needed a low profile setting with my job and also hate having my ring snag on things.

Any advice would be amazing! Thank you so much!

**Also adding to note, it’s extremely hard to tell in photos but I swear the stone is a totally different color than the smaller stones.

Can you stone swap a bezel setting?