'Kryptonite' Discovered in Serbian Mine

'Kryptonite' Discovered in Serbian Mine 272

Posted by Zonk on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @08:46AM from the okay-now-nobody-find-the-red-kryptonite-and-we're-fine dept.

Rubinstien writes "A mineralogist at London's Natural History Museum was contracted to help identify an unknown mineral found in a Serbian mine. While he initially thought the miners had discovered a unique compound, after its crystal structure was analyzed and identified the researcher was shocked to find the material already referenced in literature. Fictional literature. Dr. Chris Stanley, from the BBC article: '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 Luthor from a museum in the film Superman Returns ... I'm afraid it's not green and it doesn't glow either — although it will react to ultraviolet light by fluorescing a pinkish-orange.'"

'Kryptonite' Discovered in Serbian Mine

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The plan is almost complete! (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @08:49AM (#18853413)

Step 2: Send email to Superman
Step 3: Build wheelchair ramp ...
Step 4: Rule the world!

Time to rename the Serbian mine? (Score:5, Funny)

by Iphtashu Fitz ( 263795 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @08:49AM (#18853417)

... to the Fortress of Solitude?

Excitingly unexciting (Score:5, Funny)

by tttonyyy ( 726776 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @08:52AM (#18853431) Homepage Journal

Summary

Exciting: Contains same elements as described in fictional cartoon

Unexciting: Superman could use it as a paperweight without feeling like he's dying of man-flu

No wonder (Score:5, Funny)

by CSHARP123 ( 904951 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @08:53AM (#18853453)

No wonder all my super powers are gone.

Really Kryptonite? (Score:4, Funny)

by ATestR ( 1060586 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @08:53AM (#18853469) Homepage

It's been a while since I've seen the movie, but the question that comes to my mind is: "Was the box in superman Returns correctly labeled?". Perhaps it was only labeled sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide, but someone had mistakenly identified the kryptonite as that substance. After all, why would Lex Luther steal a box containing white powdery substance... oh, wait, never mind.

duh (Score:5, Funny)

by Dance_Dance_Karnov ( 793804 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @08:55AM (#18853489) Homepage

of course it doesn't glow or kill superman, it wasn't effected by either the destruction of krypton or a trip through space. What exactly do they pay these so called scientists for anyway?

Beware! (Score:5, Funny)

by Billosaur ( 927319 ) * writes: <wgrother@nosPam.optonline.net> on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @08:55AM (#18853499) Journal

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

And somewhere on Earth, in an unknown fortress, a stranger from planet Jadar knows fear...

Re:"Superman could use it as a paperweight" (Score:5, Funny)

by ScrewMaster ( 602015 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @08:57AM (#18853517)

It's the greenish glow. It's all about the glow.

Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)

by Rob T Firefly ( 844560 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:03AM (#18853595) Homepage Journal

Just as long as you don't add "tar" to the formula...

Nah thanks.. (Score:2, Funny)

by kadat ( 1092425 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:03AM (#18853605) Homepage

Sodium lithium boron siliaksdjalshk lajwbvbsbj? Nah, thanks, I think I'll stay with good old C2H5OH packed in a beer form. After all, few bottles of that make me a Superman too.

Re:So... (Score:3, Funny)

by EveryNickIsTaken ( 1054794 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:07AM (#18853651)

Superman could oxidize Krypton with his laser eyes.

Re:Really Kryptonite? (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:08AM (#18853659)

and that's terrible!

Re:"Superman could use it as a paperweight" (Score:3, Funny)

by gEvil (beta) ( 945888 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:08AM (#18853667)

Again, how do they know?

Because the scientist used it to hold down his stack of Superman comics...

For sale? (Score:5, Funny)

by LLuthor ( 909583 ) writes: <lexington.luthor@gmail.com> on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:10AM (#18853687)

Where can I buy some? Its still not on EBay!

My henchmen are already on their way to pay the scientists a visit.

Even deadlier to Superman... (Score:4, Funny)

by Dystopian Rebel ( 714995 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:11AM (#18853707) Journal

is the case of Serbian slivovica [wikipedia.org] found in the same mine.

Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)

by SixFactor ( 1052912 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:13AM (#18853737) Journal

Oh yeah? Well, Chuck Norris can create a thicker oxide layer with a well-placed roundhouse kick. :D

Why does nobody read the article (Score:5, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:16AM (#18853789)

"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."

So basically,
1) it's not green,
2) it's doesn't cause radiation of any kind,
3) it's not a crystal
4) it's not even the same set of elements

How about "I was dating a girl a while back, I realised she was Cindy Crawford, oh yeah, she's not actually Cindy Crawford, just has some similarities. PS, She's a man."

Re:duh (Score:2, Funny)

by OnyxNoir ( 1092423 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:17AM (#18853815)

disagree. this compound has not been tested on Superman, therefore, we cannot seriously say it cannot kill him.

"Pocket-protected scientists dove a car made of pure Kryptonite at a wall composed entirely of superman.."

Re:Apparently no one reads..... (Score:5, Funny)

by DikSeaCup ( 767041 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:26AM (#18853915) Homepage

Watch out, Jimmy Olsen.

Re:Kryptonite colors (Score:5, Funny)

by Whiney Mac Fanboy ( 963289 ) * writes: <whineymacfanboy@gmail.com> on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:35AM (#18854035) Homepage Journal

Wikipedia sez [wikipedia.org]:

Pink Kryptonite: From an alternate timeline in a 2003 Supergirl storyline by Peter David, this bizarre variety of Kryptonite apparently turned heterosexual Kryptonians temporarily into homosexuals; it was seen in just one panel, with Superman giving flattering compliments to Jimmy Olsen about his wardrobe and decorative sense. It spoofs the more "innocent times" of the Silver Age (Lois Lane is depicted in this story as not understanding what's gotten into Superman).[1]
So, pink kryptonite turns superman gay. No word on orange kryptonite tho'

This is one of those situations where you realise wikipedia's superiority over the competition. (I mean how much help would Encyclopedia Britannica have been for this question?;)

Re:"Superman could use it as a paperweight" (Score:5, Funny)

by Minwee ( 522556 ) writes: <dcr@neverwhen.org> on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:44AM (#18854179) Homepage

Unless of course it is really Red Kryptonite or Blue Kryptonite or even the Pink Kryptonite that has the power to turn Superman gay.
Then it wouldn't have to glow green.

Re:So... (Score:3, Funny)

by Rob the Bold ( 788862 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:45AM (#18854195)

But it does apparently contain Jadar.

So, in Serbian mines, Jadar contains kryptonite.

Re:Which mine? (Score:3, Funny)

by genooma ( 856335 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @09:49AM (#18854271)

They probably don't want Superman to storm in and fuck up the place.

Re:Excitingly unexciting (Score:5, Funny)

by QuickFox ( 311231 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @10:09AM (#18854581)

superman doesn't exist
How do you know? Do you have proof?

Re:So... (Score:3, Funny)

by jaavaaguru ( 261551 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @10:11AM (#18854621) Homepage

So, in Serbian mines, Jadar contains kryptonite.

That would read better as:

"In Socialist Serbia, Jadar contains Kyyptonite"

(AFAIK, Serbia was never a Soviet state, but was allied with Russia)

This is VERY significant (Score:3, Funny)

by Supercooldude ( 1018122 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @10:12AM (#18854627)

You guys are all missing the main reason this find is so significant for Serbia: The Croatians are gonna be super jealous!

Re:"Superman could use it as a paperweight" (Score:5, Funny)

by Stupidfat ( 1009173 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @10:21AM (#18854727)

Before commenting, please RTFA. I quote:

"mineral blah blah kryptonite blah blah blah they know it is kryptonite because a GIANT FUCKING SEMITRANSPARENT HEAD APPEARED IN THE CAVE AND TOLD THEM IT WAS"

Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)

by Bloke down the pub ( 861787 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @10:27AM (#18854815)

What if you oxidise Sh?

Re:Nah thanks.. (Score:2, Funny)

by errxn ( 108621 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @10:29AM (#18854835) Homepage Journal

It's a bird! It's a plane! It's a...drunk in a cape.

Re:Sigh... (Score:4, Funny)

by QuickFox ( 311231 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @10:36AM (#18854953)

What? Are you saying that you wouldn't notice a chemical formula on the side of a box in a movie? You must be new here.

Re:No wonder (Score:2, Funny)

by blake3737 ( 839993 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @11:07AM (#18855399)

you and me both buddy.
~Batman

PS. Have you seen any of my equipment? I sent it to "funny Man cleaners" and still haven't gotten it back yet. im going batshit crazy trying to reach them on the batcellphone, but their line just has some message with some guy laughing maniacally and talking about the end of batm.... I gotta go.

Re:"Superman could use it as a paperweight" (Score:2, Funny)

by Smidge204 ( 605297 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @11:26AM (#18855671) Journal

Mostly Harmless.

=Smidge=

Re:So... (Score:4, Funny)

by MobileTatsu-NJG ( 946591 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @11:27AM (#18855681)

"Oh yeah? Well, Chuck Norris can create a thicker oxide layer with a well-placed roundhouse kick. :D"

Oh yeah? Well, Vin Diesel could pronounce Kryptonite.

Re:So... (Score:2, Funny)

by EvanED ( 569694 ) writes: <evaned@noSPam.gmail.com> on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @11:41AM (#18855923)

Only on /. would "Chuck Norris can create a thicker oxide layer with a well-placed roundhouse kick" get modded "insightful".

Actually I'm sure that's not true.

Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)

by bheekling ( 976077 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @11:43AM (#18855963)

Shi-ite [wikipedia.org]?

Re:"Superman could use it as a paperweight" (Score:3, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @11:57AM (#18856205)

"Lois Lane is depicted in this story as not understanding what's gotten into Superman"

Jimmy Olsen, obviously.

Re:So... (Score:4, Funny)

by TommydCat ( 791543 ) writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @12:09PM (#18856415) Homepage

Oh yeah? Well, Vin Diesel could pronounce Kryptonite.
I can imagine that Vin's repertoire of movies is indeed quite toxic to Superman, as well as the average viewer...

Re:So... (Score:1, Funny)

by Anonymous Coward writes: on Tuesday April 24, 2007 @01:02PM (#18857355)

What if you oxidise Sh?

command.com?

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The plan is almost complete! (Score:5, Funny)

Time to rename the Serbian mine? (Score:5, Funny)

Excitingly unexciting (Score:5, Funny)

No wonder (Score:5, Funny)

Really Kryptonite? (Score:4, Funny)

duh (Score:5, Funny)

Beware! (Score:5, Funny)

Re:"Superman could use it as a paperweight" (Score:5, Funny)

Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)

Nah thanks.. (Score:2, Funny)

Re:So... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Really Kryptonite? (Score:1, Funny)

Re:"Superman could use it as a paperweight" (Score:3, Funny)

For sale? (Score:5, Funny)

Even deadlier to Superman... (Score:4, Funny)

Re:So... (Score:5, Funny)

Why does nobody read the article (Score:5, Funny)

Re:duh (Score:2, Funny)

Re:Apparently no one reads..... (Score:5, Funny)

Re:Kryptonite colors (Score:5, Funny)

Re:"Superman could use it as a paperweight" (Score:5, Funny)

Re:So... (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Which mine? (Score:3, Funny)

Re:Excitingly unexciting (Score:5, Funny)

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This is VERY significant (Score:3, Funny)

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