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Originally Posted by Seabass-Man View Post
According to the Na'vi Encyclopedia that was released along with the movie, Unobtanium is a metal that superconducts at atmosphere temperature, and the mountains were full of it. As they are eroded and break off, they float instead of tumble. It's not made clear in the film, but you do see that small chunk floating on Giovanni's desk along with the magnetic fluctuations they talk about.
Now I know!
Yeah that's what I thought at first though they never actually say it in the film, and so I assumed that the rock in the guys office was the future, zero-gravity equivalent of a display case. Well, which I guess it was but whatever.
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