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Author Topic: Real kryptonite Discovered On Earth Mark Gulbrandsen Resident Trollmaster Posts: 16657 From: Music City Registered: Jun 99 posted 04-24-2007 10:05 PM                     Ok, exploring the old mines is not so bad! New minerals are not found every day.... Almost as though the writer of Super-Man Comics new it was here someplace.... Mark _____________ LONDON (Reuters) - Kryptonite, which robbed Superman of his powers, is no longer the stuff of comic books and films. A mineral found by geologists in Serbia shares virtually the same chemical composition as the fictional kryptonite from outer space, used by the superhero's nemesis Lex Luther to weaken him in the film "Superman Returns". "We will have to be careful with it -- we wouldn't want to deprive Earth of its most famous superhero!," said Dr Chris Stanley, a mineralogist at the Natural History Museum. Stanley, who revealed the identity of the mysterious new mineral, discovered the match after searching the Internet for its chemical formula - sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide. "I was amazed to discover that same scientific name written on a case of rock containing kryptonite stolen by Lex Luther from a museum in the film Superman Returns," he said. The substance has been confirmed as a new mineral after tests by scientists at the Natural History Museum and the National Research Council in Canada. But instead of the large green crystals in Superman comics, the real thing is a white, powdery substance which contains no fluorine and is non-radioactive. The mineral, to be named Jadarite, will go on show at the the Natural History Museum at certain times of the day on Wednesday, April 25, and Sunday, May 13. Mark  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 04-25-2007 12:06 AM                     FWIW, Krypton is an element (a noble gas like Neon, Argon and Xenon) that was discovered well before the creation of the Superman storyline.  |  IP: Logged John Wilson Film God Posts: 5438 From: Sydney, Australia. Registered: Dec 1999 posted 04-25-2007 03:07 AM                     quote: Mark Gulbrandsen The mineral, to be named Jadarite, will go on show at the the Natural History Museum at certain times of the day on Wednesday, April 25, and Sunday, May 13. Wouldn't it be funny if Gene Hackman or Kevin Spacey turned up in character...just to 'look around'.  |  IP: Logged Bob Maar (Maar stands for Maartini) Posts: 28608 From: New York City & Newport, RI Registered: Feb 2001 posted 05-02-2007 08:43 AM                        I always wondered where I droped my Kryptonite but lucky for me it was shielded in a metal container.  |  IP: Logged

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