Real Kryptonite has been discovered!

[Skyclad1uhm1]

It's true!

A new mineral matching its unique chemistry - as described in the film Superman Returns - has been identified in a mine in Serbia.

"Towards the end of my research I searched the web using the mineral's chemical formula - sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide - and 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.

"The new mineral does not contain fluorine (which it does in the film) and is white rather than green but, in all other respects, the chemistry matches that for the rock containing kryptonite."

 

[leftyman]

I dont feel very good...

 

[ForumMaster]

Run superman, run!

 

[Nerva]

i dont understand how they can name it something else when it already has a name...

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

If we dig up and destroy all the Kryptonite, will we all get superpowers?

 

[Roguestar]

Originally posted by: 3cho
i dont understand how they can name it something else when it already has a name...

It's being called Jadarite, not Kryptonite. And they're calling it something other than sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide because that's just the nomenclature of the compound and not the compound name.

 

[sao123]

The mineral cannot be called kryptonite under international nomenclature rules because it has nothing to do with krypton - a real element in the Periodic Table that takes the form of a gas.

Power possibilities

Instead, it will be formally named Jadarite when it is described in the European Journal of Mineralogy later this year.

Jadar is the name of the place where the Serbian mine is located.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Soon my evil plan will come to fruition.

 

[JeffreyLebowski]

Is this good or bad kryptonite?