London (UK) - A mineral matching the composition of Superman’s feared Kryptonite has been discovered in a mine in Serbia.

A research team in the mine at Jadar discovered the unusual mineral, and when they could not identify it they called in Dr Chris Stanley, a mineralogist at London's Natural History Museum.

"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,” he told the BBC.

"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."

The new mineral will be formally named Jadarite, after the town in which it was discovered, rather than the novel but probably royalty-infused Kryptonite.

Kriptonoite

Apr 24, 2007 09:13     

My mother used to cook us up kryptonite for a treat dessert on a sunday afternoon, that too was a mingin green colour
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Could this be the end of superman?...

Apr 24, 2007 09:29     

Could this be the end of superman?
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useful ?

Apr 24, 2007 09:30     

can it be used against Bush? maybe it's his only weakness besides the International Criminal Court.
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Can't be used against Bush....

Apr 24, 2007 10:09     

Kryptonite is used against Superman, not Jedi. "Get me a Taco." It is kind of funny how the mineral happens to be made up of the composition in the movies.
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ya right?

Apr 24, 2007 20:12     

ya right who's pulling the wool over who's eyes?
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ya right

Apr 24, 2007 20:14     

who's pulling the wool over who's eyes?
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mr.

Apr 25, 2007 14:26     

no where in this article does it mention anything about a jedi they should have named it kryptonite
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Jadarite

Apr 27, 2007 08:48     

If you read the article, the reason it is not called Kryptonite, is because there is an element called Krypton, and this 'new' substance has nothing to do with it.
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