Kaolin Clay...Funny Smell

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Does Kaolin clay have a weird not so pleasant odor? I bought some from NG a couple months ago. It is in a plastic bag. I have it stored in a drawer with my micas. I hadn’t opened it but noticed a smell when I opened the drawer last night. It was coming from the clay in the plastic bag. Smells like manure to me. Yuck! Anyone have any experience with this? Is this normal?
 

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Mine doesn't smell bad, just a earthy dirt scent and very very mild at that.
Yeah...this isn’t just earthy at least to my nose. I first detected the funky smell when I opened the drawer and it was double bagged in the original packaging as I had never even opened it. It looks fine...no weird color or anything...hmmm...maybe it’s normal. I’ll have to finally give some a try in soap and see how it turns out.
 
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