Kryptonite is no longer just the stuff of fiction feared by caped superheroes.
A new mineral matching its unique chemistry has been identified in a mine in Serbia.
“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.” said Dr Chris Stanley, a mineralogist at London’s Natural History Museum.
The mineral cannot be called Kryptonite under international nomenclature rules because it has nothing to do with Krypton – a real element in the Periodic Table that takes the form of a gas.
Instead, it will be formally named Jadarite when it is described in the European Journal of Mineralogy later this year.
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