Can you glue diamonds in pearls?

[MilkyDiamond]

I often see contemporary designers setting diamonds on other gems like pearls, opals, agates etc... some of the diamonds are bezel set before setting in the other gems. But some are just “sitting” there. Like the picture below. Are they glued on? I can’t think of any other options to create this “flush” effect.


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[Ankolosova]

I would suggest glued in.... if you do not see metal in... or I can imagine another way out if you take drillled thru bead and you use 1 diam drill on one side (smaller ones) and bigger diameter on the other side half way enough to pull gem thru... then stick pin from earring and glue it in..... well that's me imagining _)))

[Dennis]

Seems a bit of a waste to glue in a diamond, as it would loose lot of its sparkle. After all that's what you are paying for.
If I were doing it, I would use foil backed chatons, which are unaffected by glue. Dennis.

[MilkyDiamond]

Seems a bit of a waste to glue in a diamond, as it would loose lot of its sparkle. After all that's what you are paying for.
If I were doing it, I would use foil backed chatons, which are unaffected by glue. Dennis.

Yea if they’re 2mm melees I see the point of gluing


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[CJ57]

She might have tube set them and drilled the pearl right through. The only way to know for sure would be to ask the designer how she made these commission pieces

[pearlescence]

The pearls are really low grade, so I am at a loss to understand why someone would set pearls worth ...well, probably 10p each... in white gold with diamonds. The pearls are full drilled and the stones have been glued in to hide that fact

[MilkyDiamond]

She might have tube set them and drilled the pearl right through. The only way to know for sure would be to ask the designer how she made these commission pieces

I did ask her. She wouldn’t reply


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[MilkyDiamond]

I’m not saying jewellers are obligated to answer questions about how they make their jewellery. At first I just wanted to know if it’s glued bc it seems like there’s no other way. All of those are out of curiosity. Also thought gluing was a simple yes or no question. Not about preying trade secrets


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[ps_bond]

There are also times where I can tell someone how I make something, but I know that it'll take them quite a while (and a certain amount of trial & error) before they can get close. By that time, I should have been able to up my game too.

[pearlescence]

There's a huge difference between sharing tips between friends and colleagues and knowing that they will reciprocate, and responding to a request to disclose something which might be commercially valuable to a complete stranger.