Gerry’s International Relations

Watch out, Superman!

A mineral found recently in Serbia may be a real life version of Kryptonite from the popular “Superman” comic book series, according to CNN.  The new mineral, called Jadarite, was studied at London’s Natural History Museum.  When Dr. Chris Stanley, a mineralogist at the museum, did an Internet search for the chemical compound, odium lithium boron silicate hydroxide, he discovered that it was the same chemicals that were supposedly the makeup of the Kryptonite used by Lex Luther in “Superman Returns.”  Instead of the green radioactive crystal seen in the comic books. it is a white powdery substance.  The new substance will be on display on the museum after May 25.  This new discovery really doesn’t mean much as this point, but it is an interesting find nonetheless.