COOL< VERY COOL DUDE!

COOL DUDE,VERY COOL!!!!

Superman's dead????? I knew I hadn't seen him around for years but I didn't know....

Dear Anne... I hate to pop your bubble of discovering Kryptonite in a mine that is composed of all those elements you mentioned... But in fact Krypton is an element in it's own right... It is the 36th element in the periodic table and was discovered in 1898 by Sir William Ramsay... It is a noble gas that is naturally found in the air at around 1 part per million by volume of the gasses that comprise the atmosphere... So you are breathing it everyday!... So if Superman truly existed he would either die or be feeling under the weather, at least, from breathing our atmosphere!...

I am NOT DEAD Yet, however I will take care of that stash before the wrong people get ahold of it.
SuperMan

ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh kramer kramer kramer i made him out of kramer and when he's dry and ready oh kramer i shall play. (to the tune of the dreidel song). any i like stuff and spider-man can whoop supa-mans big butt. ok maybe not but spidey is just so much cooler.

Yeah, Randall is right. Kryptonite is an element, not a compound. You might wanna check your facts before posting something like that.

Randall, it is true that Krypton is an element, it still has nothing to do with Kryptonite. Kryptonite the mineral doesn't contain the element Krypton, it just has a similar name. They are not the same thing.

True, the gas is already real...but the article is saying that in ADDITION to the already known gas, now there is a rock compound containing the same elements as the fictional rock....thats all....no one said that there has never existed a "kryptonite" at all...although I doubt the gas is in anyway related to the newly discoverd rock...obviously

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.

Power possibilities

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

I concur with kate.

Anyone who says that Kryptonite is an element clearly has no scientific background. KRYPTON is a gas that is very different from fictional Kryptonite. You should have figured that out when you called it a noble GAS.

If you had actually READ the article...
"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. "

If any of you brain surgeons had actually READ the article, you might have noticed this tidbit of info:

"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. "

I'm not suprised that Superman died, after all, Batman kicked his butt, and his only superpower is about a 240 IQ. The krypyonite laced gloves he was wearing probably helped too. ever since then, Supes has changed into a real wuss, and he's still a virgin. (see "Man of steel, woman of tissue paper" by Larry Niven if you don't believe it)

Be careful! There is a rock that resembles kryptonite and is often mistaken for the real thing. Sort of like "fools gold". This rock will not harm Kal-El (supermans real name) but will make humans shrink to the size of a mouse. I know because it happened to me!

Recently, a mining group in Serbia discovered a new mineral, called Jadarite, the chemical formula of which is sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide, the chemical formula for Kryptonite written on a case of the substance in the film "Superman Returns". The newly discovered mineral was first analyzed by Dr. Chris Stanley, a minerologist at the London Natural History Museum. However, the 'real' Kryptonite does not appear to have anything in common with the film's version other than the chemical formula. The new mineral is white, or pinkish under ultra violet light, hard in texture but chalky in appearance, and made of tiny crystals less than 5 microns in diameter. It does not possess any of Kryptonite's supernatural powers.

Gas? GAS!!! Do you guys realize you're arguing about Gases and compounds, etc? Get a life losers, better yet get laid! lol Who cares? Dorks!
Now if anyone wants to talk about cool things, like what types of dylithium Crystals are needed to repair a standard Enterprise class battleship's hyperdrives in order to achieve Warp 9 through a sustained wormhole without bending the timespace continuem, then I'm all game...uhm I got to get back to my world of warcraft game now.

I dare Say Doctor Watson. It seems ELAMET-TARie to me! Super Man is surely not dead. HE was just seen by very reputable people. At the Burger King in Grand rapids Mich. With Elvis, Nichol (YOU KNOW WHO) and Sanity Clause (the real Tim the Tool man). Now if the part of the first part, is conected to the second part, and the leg bone is conected to the knee bone. Acording to Einstine,,,this could be a Revolting develepment. (Life or Riley quote). Has anyone looked into the fine print in this Unscientific Report. line 103 right after the Sanity Clause. Everyone knows there is no Sanity Clause (Harpo Marx Quote)