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Originally Posted by Zeide Erskine Hi Darren,
Gluing undrilled pearls is not recommended. You can prong set undrilled pearls but the available contact surface would not be large enough for pearl and setting staying put long-term.
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Why isn't it recommended? I was speaking to a jeweler about how to mount a pearl into a ring without drilling it (you know the one Zeide) and they suggested both a prong set AND glue. They also claimed that both gluing and ungluing (for ring resizing) would not harm the pearl in any way.
After reading the ungluing thread (microwave oven??!), I'm a little skeptical about the claim that ungluing is completely noninvasive to the pearl.