Well, good local jeweler, FOUND!!!!! His name is Joel, he works for Wedding Day Diamonds here in the Twin Cities, and I had the pleasure of speaking with him today.

He was brought out to me because I went in with my setting and stone and asked if they would set outside stones into outside settings, after scurrying around for a while and talking with the jeweler, told me yes, they can. I was describing how I wanted the prongs set, and the poor sales associate was giving me the "Deer in the Headlights" look, so she went and grabbed the jeweler who came out and WOW, he was so incredibly nice! At first I was thinking "You've got to be kidding me, right?" because he looks younger than me, turns out he's been doing this for over a decade (so, bonus, he has plenty of experience), and since I couldn't quite convey in words what I wanted we hopped online and I showed him what I meant by "clawed prongs" by looking at Victor Canera's website, he told me no problem it would just take him a while to get them all the same shape and length (HONEST! Sweet, right?!).

Now, when he walked out and we were shaking hands, he told me "Your moissanite is so cool, I've never seen an old european cut before!"

Shut the front door! This guy knows what moissanite is, he knows his cuts, AND, this is amazing: He loves lab created gemstones! He loves that they are "more pure" and that they have no potential ethical baggage.

I must admit, I had to refrain from hugging him.

So yes, I do believe I found the guy for the job! I'm so excited. Once the ring is set, I'll definitely make a full review of the work, etc. Now, most of the sales associates do have a "moissanite is a simulant" attitude, but overall are very nice and totally okay with working with moissy and CZ.