Jadarite
Minerals curator Mike Rumsey studying the mineral called jadarite which has the same chemical composition as kryptonite. Discovered in Serbia in 2006, jadarite is composed of sodium, lithium, boron silicate and hydroxide. Those are the same ingredients listed for kryptonite in the film Superman Returns. The only difference is fluorine, which gives kryptonite its green colour
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10706888
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Credit
Mary Evans / Natural History Museum
Source
Photograph from the Natural History Museum Collection
