A growing number of people in Africa, particularly in Nigeria, are using Twitter to misinform the public.
Many twitter followers have speculated that the electrically charged stones reported on January 21 may actually be vibranium. The tweet gained over 41,000 likes in just a few hours.
Obviously, this is a false assertion. According to Wikipedia, vibranium does not exist. The fictional metal known as vibranium is featured in the Black Panther comics published by Marvel. It is depicted as having a wide range of superhuman abilities, including the capacity to absorb and store energy.
Is Vibranium existence real or fake?
There is no such thing as this “metal” in the real world. Coltan, cobalt, copper, gold, and tin are just some of the minerals that can be found in abundance in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
We investigated the widely shared video in order to pinpoint the possible component that is supplying power to the lamp.
All evidence points to the claim being false.
Some westerners who were cited in the report were, however, able to confirm that the stone is not made of vibranium.
Coltan, cobalt, copper, gold, and tin are all minerals that have been discovered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; however, it is currently unknown whether or not the element in question is actually one of these.
The chemical element cobalt can be recognized by its atomic number 27, and its symbol Co.
The silver-gray metal is used in numerous products, including batteries, magnets, and high-strength alloys, due to its hardness and high magnetic and chemical resistance.
Pigments and catalysts can be made with it.
Cobalt is mined primarily in Africa and Canada, where it is found in a number of different minerals like cobaltite and erythrite. Cobalt mining in the DRC has been associated with human rights abuses and environmental degradation, much like coltan mining has.
Coltan is an ore of the metal niobium, and the element tantalum is also extracted from it.
Among the many technological and industrial applications for niobium and tantalum is the creation of electronic gadgets like smartphones and laptops. Human rights violations and environmental degradation have been linked to coltan mining, which occurs primarily in Africa.
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Coltan can be found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, and Tanzania, among others in Africa.
In spite of this, the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) is currently the world’s leading producer of coltan and is thought to have the largest deposits in Africa.
The illegal trade of coltan and other minerals has been fueling the violence and human rights abuses that have plagued the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
You can’t put a charge on cobalt or coltan. Both cobalt (a chemical element) and coltan (a metallic ore) are composed of inert atoms and molecules; therefore, neither can store an electric charge. However, both cobalt and coltan have conductive properties that make them useful in the production of electronic devices.
Coltan is used in electronic devices like smartphones and laptops, specifically in the production of capacitors and transistors, which are used to control the flow of electricity, while cobalt is used in the production of batteries, magnets, and high-strength alloys.
According to our findings, the claim that vibranium was discovered in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is false (DRC).
The point of this piece is not to talk about the element per se, but to debunk a claim that vibranium was discovered in the DRC (DRC).
Vibranium is a made-up name and below are 7 facts about “electrically charged stones.”
- In the first issue of issue 13 of Marvel Comics’ Daredevil (first published in 1964), the element Vibranium made its first appearance.
- Vibranium was described as a “distinctly strange metallic component” with “unusual properties” in the book.
- Despite its traditional home in Antarctica, the substance was renamed “Anti-Metal” after its introduction.
- Later in 1966, a new form of vibranium was reportedly discovered in the secretive nation of Wakanda, as depicted in Fantastic Four, Volume 53.
- According to the Marvel Universe, a meteorite 10,000 years ago first left vibranium on Earth.
- The X-Men Adventure, an episode of Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, also featured vibranium.
- Ed Sheeran and Stormzy’s 2019 single Take Me Back to London contains a musical reference to Vibranium in the third verse.
