Sweet!

[zouzounaki]

Oh, this is one of the most awesome news stories ever:

From 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 London's 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 in London 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 London's Natural History Museum at certain times of the day on Wednesday, April 25, and Sunday, May 13.

They have no sense of humor, not naming it kryptonite. Hm, maybe that's copyrighted...

Peace, Ghani

Comments

[lastwordslinger.livejournal.com]

That rocks! I wish they had named it Kryptonite, but as you said, there might have been copyright enfringement to deal with. Even still, there is something magically cool in knowing a mineral with those components does exist. See, it's totally real! Superman could so show up any day now! :D

[estarcollector.livejournal.com]

This is of the awesome. (So's your taste in music--have you heard her duet with Sam Bisbee?)

[ghanistarkiller.livejournal.com]

Heh, I thought of you when I first read what they're naming it; I saw it as "Jade-rite", not Jadarite, though close enough. though I don't think you'd be as poison to Supes, ubnless his poison was sweet, sweet lovin'! ;-)

[ghanistarkiller.livejournal.com]

I've heard it now, heh! Bless Rolling Stone--I never buy tha magazine but the one month I did, I got a free sampler of songs from Comatised and I've been hooked since! ♥ Need to catch up on buying her albums though; she's released two since Comatised! I am terribly behind {blushes}