Mineral curator, Mike Rumsey, talks about the identification of the new mineral matching kryptonite's unique chemistry, sodium lithium boron silicate hydroxide, as described in the film Superman Returns.
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Until 1938 whale carcasses were buried in the Museum grounds so that their flesh would decay leaving only the skeletons.