Why does nephrite jade smell bad?
My nephrite jade pendant stinks like a corpse when worn on the skin or rubbed with my fingers. I assume that there is a reaction in the stone with my sweat or body heat, but I don't see how. Anyone have this experience? Google is not helping at all on this!
I have looked at a number of sources and not found anything that indicates that a piece of jade has an odor or reacts to salts/sweat on a human body.
I did find the following on WIki though. (read and come back to here). Since the Chinese have a very wide definition of "jade", it would not surprise me if much of their "jade" is manufactured and who knows what could be in the ingredients.
So, these are the questions I would ask:
1) Where did you buy or what store did your pendant come from?
2) Do you know the country of origin of your pendant?
3) Have you tried washing/cleaning the pendant and stone?
4) If you have not worn the pendant for at least a day, does it still smell?
5) If so, is there any time when it does not smell?
6) Can another person put on your pendant when it does not smell and find that the smell develops after a while (is it just the pendant, everyone, or just you?)
7) Do others agree that the smell resembles the odor of a corpse? (Is there a chance that it smells bad, but really smells like something else?)
Does it ever NOT smell when you wear it?
9) Did the pendant have the odor when you first got it (right out of the box?)?
10) Have you had it too long to take back?
11) Have you questioned the seller about the pendant and the smell?
12) Have you taken it to a jeweler/jewelry store to ask about the type of jade and the smell?
13) Have you considered just replacing it, or, if it has sentimental value, have you thought about just putting it in a sealed plastic bag and not wearing it?
WIKI excerpt:
Faux jade
Many minerals are sold as jade. Some of these are: serpentine (also bowenite), carnelian, aventurine quartz, glass, grossularite, Vesuvianite, soapstone (and other steatites such as shoushan stone) and recently, Australian chrysoprase. "Korean jade," "Suzhou jade," "Styrian jade," "Olive jade", and "New jade" are all really serpentine; "Transvaal jade" or "African jade" is grossularite; "Peace jade" is a mixture of serpentine, stichtite, and quartz; "Mountain jade" is dyed dolomite marble.
In almost all dictionaries, the Chinese character 'yù' (玉) is translated into English as 'jade'. However, this frequently leads to misunderstanding: Chinese, Koreans, and Westerners alike generally fail to appreciate that the cultural concept of 'jade' is considerably broader in China and Korea than in the West. A more accurate translation for this character on its own would be 'precious/ornamental rock'. It is seldom, if ever, used on its own to denote 'true' jade in Mandarin Chinese; for example, one would normally refer to 'ying yu' (硬玉, 'hard jade') for jadeite, or 'ruan yu' (軟玉, 'soft jade') for nephrite. The Chinese names for many ornamental non-jade rocks also incorporate the character 'yù', and it is widely understood by native speakers that such stones are not, in fact, true precious nephrite or jadeite. Even so, for commercial reasons, the names of such stones may well still be translated into English as 'jade', and this practice continues to confuse the unwary."
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