# Problem cloning PBRMaterial with iridescence subconfiguration
**URL:** https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/problem-cloning-pbrmaterial-with-iridescence-subconfiguration/39240
**Category:** Questions
**Created:** [March 22, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/problem-cloning-pbrmaterial-with-iridescence-subconfiguration/39240 "2023-03-22T02:26:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@brittany](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/brittany)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2023, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/problem-cloning-pbrmaterial-with-iridescence-subconfiguration/39240/1 "2023-03-22T02:26:52Z")
I am trying to instantiate a model that has a PBRMaterial with iridescence. For some reason, the iridescence subconfiguration is not cloned even though I have `cloneMaterials = true`.
> **[Babylon.js Playground](https://playground.babylonjs.com/#DY96Q2)**
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> Babylon.js playground is a live editor for Babylon.js WebGL 3D scenes
Here you can see the original sphere on the left with iridescence, and the instantiated sphere on the right without it.
Is there another setting or option to make sure these subconfigurations are also cloned?
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### Author:  [@brittany](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/brittany)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2023, 2:45am UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/problem-cloning-pbrmaterial-with-iridescence-subconfiguration/39240/2 "2023-03-22T02:45:46Z")
I see the same problem as well when cloning PBRMaterial using local cube maps for refraction: [https://playground.babylonjs.com/#DY96Q2#1](https://playground.babylonjs.com/#DY96Q2#1)
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### Author:  [@carolhmj](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/carolhmj)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2023, 12:25pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/problem-cloning-pbrmaterial-with-iridescence-subconfiguration/39240/3 "2023-03-22T12:25:44Z")
Hello! Indeed anisotropy was missing from the clone method, thanks for the report, I’m working on a fix 😃
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### Author:  [@Evgeni\_Popov](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/Evgeni_Popov)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2023, 12:30pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/problem-cloning-pbrmaterial-with-iridescence-subconfiguration/39240/4 "2023-03-22T12:30:08Z")
> [@carolhmj](#):
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> Indeed anisotropy was missing from the clone method
Actually, it is `iridescence` which is missing 😉
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### Author:  [@carolhmj](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/carolhmj)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2023, 12:31pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/problem-cloning-pbrmaterial-with-iridescence-subconfiguration/39240/5 "2023-03-22T12:31:23Z")
Ooops, I was thinking of that but wrote the wrong word, guess I haven’t woken up fully yet 🤣
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### Author:  [@carolhmj](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/carolhmj)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2023, 12:49pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/problem-cloning-pbrmaterial-with-iridescence-subconfiguration/39240/6 "2023-03-22T12:49:02Z")
PR up: [Add iridescence configuration to PBR material cloning by carolhmj · Pull Request #13657 · BabylonJS/Babylon.js (github.com)](https://github.com/BabylonJS/Babylon.js/pull/13657) 🙂
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### Author:  [@brittany](https://forum.babylonjs.com/u/brittany)
#### Post date: [March 22, 2023, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.babylonjs.com/t/problem-cloning-pbrmaterial-with-iridescence-subconfiguration/39240/7 "2023-03-22T15:06:58Z")
Thank you so much for the quick fixes!