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Material idea: Pearl

Open pablode opened this issue 1 year ago • 3 comments

Hello - thank you for this great resource!

I recently had the need for a (cultured) pearl material - and the first thing I did was checking out this DB.

I think the material would make a great addition due to its need of SSS, clearcoat and possibly iridescence. There are a number of resources on the optical properties:

  • https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-021-94737-w
  • https://www.gemstones-guide.com/Pearl.html
  • https://rgl.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/media/papers/Guillen2020Pearlescent.pdf

pablode avatar Oct 31 '23 12:10 pablode