Hi.
I'm trying to model a pearl, well, lots of them eventually.
I found a nice reference photo on the web.

http://www.loppleman.com/pearls_white.jpg

but so far I'm having difficulty. What I've got so far is,
to paraphrase: almost, but not quite, completely unlike a pearl.

http://billhails.net/Pearl.png

That's done with lots of nested semitransparent spheres
and the render time is already feeling painful (around five
minutes for that pic,) considering I'll be doing lots of them.

I don't want to steal a ready-made texture, I'd rather gain the
experience and roll my own, but hints would be welcome.

I can post the source for discussion if anyone thinks I should
pursue my current tack, but I'm thinking of trying something
completely different.

I'll continue trying anyway.

-- 
Bill Hails
http://billhails.net/

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