# Diamond Using Nodes **URL:** \ **Category:** Questions\ **Tags:** documentation, blender, lighting, material, shader\ **Created:** [August 18, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/diamond-using-nodes/23178 "2021-08-18T17:17:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Madquake](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/madquake/32/17503_2.png) [@Madquake](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Madquake)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 5:17pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/diamond-using-nodes/23178/1 "2021-08-18T17:17:16Z")
Hello, I started a new post about diamonds as in the first one I started asking different questions about lights, shadows, etc. So I made a new tread just for this. I set up the node material, and I’ll keep updating this. I didn’t study programming in Uni (I studied art), so I may be slower than real programmers to grasp the concepts… but I started using Babylon exactly two days ago… so I am quite proud of my progresses. This is the playground. [https://playground.babylonjs.com/#FEEK7G#331](https://playground.babylonjs.com/#FEEK7G#331) The node setup is linked inside. If you like to follow, play with it or ask questions it would be great, so I can also benefit from the answers 😅 ---
**Author:** ![Deltakosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/deltakosh/32/26635_2.png) [@Deltakosh](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Deltakosh)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 5:31pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/diamond-using-nodes/23178/2 "2021-08-18T17:31:25Z")
Pretty neat! ---
**Author:** ![Madquake](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/madquake/32/17503_2.png) [@Madquake](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Madquake)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2021, 6:02pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/diamond-using-nodes/23178/3 "2021-08-18T18:02:40Z")
Thank you!!! I have to say I have been helped a lot!!! I hope that slowly I manage to make a nice shader and help other newbies!!! ---
**Author:** ![Madquake](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/madquake/32/17503_2.png) [@Madquake](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Madquake)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2021, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/diamond-using-nodes/23178/4 "2021-08-19T16:06:46Z")
I just wanted to share the progression… (is quite small… I know… but I had to watch tutorials etc 😅 ) [https://playground.babylonjs.com/#FEEK7G#338](https://playground.babylonjs.com/#FEEK7G#338) I am working on making the diamonds iridescent… then I’ll be working on creating transparency and refraction… ---
**Author:** ![Deltakosh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/deltakosh/32/26635_2.png) [@Deltakosh](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Deltakosh)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 3:18pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/diamond-using-nodes/23178/5 "2021-08-20T15:18:18Z")
This is pretty good already! ---
**Author:** ![Madquake](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex024/user_avatar/forum.babylonjs.com/madquake/32/17503_2.png) [@Madquake](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Madquake)\ **Post date:** [August 20, 2021, 3:42pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/diamond-using-nodes/23178/6 "2021-08-20T15:42:32Z")
I have been watching the tutorial of @PatrickRyan on the creation of a die made of acrylic. The technique is really cool also because it generated the back of the material. I think that the same technique can be used to generate the extremely refractive material of a diamond… Together with an iridescent material, it could work really well. At the moment the problem is that the rgb channel mix just in the last lerp… so basically the one I posted shows blue and green shades. Also I used the normals of the world to make sure that each face reflects in a different colour… but it is not the right node in my opinion… it should be something that reflects a particular colour depending on the tangent from the camera I guess P.S. I am still learning them… so probably I didn’t encounter the right node yet…