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BooNeZ · 04-25-2007, 04:41 AM

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070424/...ain_kryptonite
(Since it's yahoo, most of you probably know about this already.)

Quote:

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.

Now it's time to look for Superman...

Sashimi · 04-25-2007, 04:46 AM

LMAO!!! I am superman. (shit i just gave it away)

Neebus · 04-25-2007, 05:06 AM

Watch it give everyone cancer.

Hopefully, it could do something awesome like give people super powers or, fix global warning.

Shit, I'd be happy if it turned your entire body green and made you puff up if you eat it....then kill you in the most painful way possible.

mysteryguy · 04-25-2007, 05:09 AM

wah? i thought it was real the whole time

Neebus · 04-25-2007, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by mysteryguy

wah? i thought it was real the whole time

You must be thinking of Krypton.

mysteryguy · 04-25-2007, 05:20 AM

i dont get it,

they could call any new thing they find "Kryptonite"

Ramstien · 04-25-2007, 05:32 AM

I would imagine the name being copyrighted.

Say hello to a law suit.

Berrybenya · 04-25-2007, 05:35 AM

Boonez is baka!! Most likely. xDD obviously i knew it for awhile too -.-;;

FabianN · 04-25-2007, 05:49 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ramstien

I would imagine the name being copyrighted.

Say hello to a law suit.

It's not being called Kryponite because there is already an element on the table that has too similar of a name.
And anyway, the scientific body is not a sue-able entity.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Neebus

Watch it give everyone cancer.

Hopefully, it could do something awesome like give people super powers or, fix global warning.

Shit, I'd be happy if it turned your entire body green and made you puff up if you eat it....then kill you in the most painful way possible.

it's not radioactive
read moar

Slade · 04-25-2007, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by mysteryguy

i dont get it,

they could call any new thing they find "Kryptonite"

Read again. The substance is the exact same composition as the one they used in the movie. Which is 6 different minerals. The creators of the movie just chose these on random, and had no clue it would actually be a real mineral.

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