someone actually discovered kryptonite!!!

[GabrielsThoughts]

that's right somebody actually found a rock whose chemichal composition is almost identical to  kryptonite.
check out the link for details.

http://www.zoinksmagazine.com/

[Kenji]

Well, I spose we're safe if we ever get attacked by Kryptonians.
I wonder if it works on any other god-moders. Hmmmmm.

[Aisha deCabre]

Interesting indeed.  Although, didn't that element exist already?  Well, it's called Krypton in the periodic table.   

[Aridas]

But since it doesn't contain something the kryptonite in the referenced Superman Returns movie does, they can't call it a match now, can they?

[ITOS]

Shake n' Bake: Kryptonite.
Just ad fluorine.

[Alondro]

It's only because the Kryptonite in the case in the movie was mislabled as another mineral, which I believe Lex Luthor commented on.

'Real' kryptonite is suposedly a mineral oxide or a transuranic element formed in the thermonuclear detonation of planet Krypton, as the comic story goes originally.

[Illusionist]

This turned up on Have I got news for you. The host said about the formula on the case, and Ian Hislop said "So...it's got the same chemical formula as a film prop?"

[Damaris]

Krypton the current element is a gas.  It has nothing to do with the new element found, so the new element cannot be called kryptonite.  I believe the new one is being named after the town it was found in (Jarite comes to mind, but that's too short.)

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

Jah, right.

[LionHeart]

In Superman III, there was a component that was listed as "Unknown", that made up 0.57% of Kryptonite.

[King Of Hearts]

Kryptonite IIRC was based on the element Krypton, also the reason why Supergirl is from the city of "Argo" from Argon... what's next? The province of Flourii?

[bill]

...or the village of Ytterby?

[ITOS]

...or the village of Ytterby?

Uhhh...

[Alondro]

Krypton the current element is a gas.  It has nothing to do with the new element found, so the new element cannot be called kryptonite.  I believe the new one is being named after the town it was found in (Jarite comes to mind, but that's too short.)

What was found was not an 'element', but a new 'mineral', which is made up of several elements already known.  The only new elements these days are the ones made by blasting gold atoms with other elements and neutrons.  And those have a half-life of a few microseconds at best.  We're completely out of new elements to find in nature.  

[ITOS]

We're completely out of new elements to find in nature.  

What about dark matter?

[llearch n'n'daCorna]

...or the village of Ytterby?

Uhhh...

Does this clear things up?

[Vidar]

We're completely out of new elements to find in nature.   

What about dark matter?

Dark matter is not an element. It is the matter the universe that can't directly be seen. Scientists think it's there based on the way galaxies interact with each other. It's not believed that this dark matter has a single chemical composition.
No one knows exactly what it is. 

[ITOS]

We're completely out of new elements to find in nature.

What about dark matter?

[snip] No one knows exactly what it is.

But if you don't know what it is you can't know there isn't any new elements in it.