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Title: Kryptonite discovered in mine
Post by: ggliff on April 24, 2007, 04:34:06 PM

Watch out superman  :eek:

Kryptonite discovered in mine
Kryptonite is no longer just the stuff of fiction feared by caped superheroes.
A new mineral matching its unique chemistry - as described in the film Superman Returns - has been identified in a mine in Serbia.  (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/6584229.stm)

Title: Re: Kryptonite discovered in mine
Post by: Tyball on April 24, 2007, 05:11:09 PM

Too bad they can't name it Kryptonite.

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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.

Couldn't they have named it Kal-El (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kal-el)ite or something then?  :k-thrilled:

Title: Re: Kryptonite discovered in mine
Post by: Sexykago on April 24, 2007, 05:40:07 PM

Wouldntcha know they'd name it something geek like that.

Title: Re: Kryptonite discovered in mine
Post by: marktobias on April 24, 2007, 08:19:59 PM

So we can expect a superhero to show up claiming to be from the planet Jadar then :D

Title: Re: Kryptonite discovered in mine
Post by: Marks Spencer on April 25, 2007, 04:48:24 AM

Sorry but how does anyone even know the properties of kryptonite anyway????  :confused:

Title: Re: Kryptonite discovered in mine
Post by: edhead999 on April 25, 2007, 04:54:25 AM

Lol, that's funny. I bet comic fans are gonna flock to serbia in hopes to nab their own kryptonite... well the hardcore ones anyway XD

Title: Re: Kryptonite discovered in mine
Post by: Rick-e on April 25, 2007, 05:02:10 AM

*flies off to serbia* xD

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"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.

what a coincidence!? maybe it's real kryptonite after all? xD

Title: Re: Kryptonite discovered in mine
Post by: Foxy Brown on April 25, 2007, 05:30:32 AM

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"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."

Title: Re: Kryptonite discovered in mine
Post by: vicmu on April 25, 2007, 05:46:22 AM

 ??? sooo.... it's a real rock that matches a fake rock containing a fake remnant of an alien planet from a movie?

Title: Re: Kryptonite discovered in mine
Post by: Bleachhh on April 25, 2007, 07:00:22 AM

i better be careful i dont wanna get near it, why? cause i might lose my super powers...

Title: Re: Kryptonite discovered in mine
Post by: nox_xie on April 25, 2007, 11:07:08 AM

Quote from: Bleachhh on April 25, 2007, 07:00:22 AM

i better be careful i dont wanna get near it, why? cause i might lose my super powers...

An advice for u, better watch out when watching momusu pv, or else ur monitor will burn.. hoho..

Title: Re: Kryptonite discovered in mine
Post by: Tyball on April 25, 2007, 03:45:59 PM

Quote from: Foxy Brown on April 25, 2007, 05:30:32 AM

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"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."

I wonder if it would have been green if it did contain fluorine.

Title: Re: Kryptonite discovered in mine
Post by: zlchn on April 25, 2007, 06:16:27 PM

Quote from: vicmu on April 25, 2007, 05:46:22 AM

??? sooo.... it's a real rock that matches a fake rock containing a fake remnant of an alien planet from a movie?

:lol: that's funny