Genecks Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 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/2/hi/science/nature/6584229.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 although it doesn't actually contain krypton so it can't be called kryptonite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Genecks Posted April 27, 2007 Author Share Posted April 27, 2007 I'm curious as to how the fictional literature had this chemical name in place: sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
insane_alien Posted April 27, 2007 Share Posted April 27, 2007 it was on the case in the new superman film. i expect it was just a rndom name Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Cuthber Posted April 28, 2007 Share Posted April 28, 2007 "although it doesn't actually contain krypton so it can't be called kryptonite." Does that mean that witherite in some sense contains the apex of an animal's back? Is M. Jean Baptiste Biot trying to escape from biotite? Names of rocks are pretty much arbitrary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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