User blog comment:TheBlueRogue/Tomorrow's Bioshock/@comment-11048590-20130404042944/@comment-74.181.74.49-20130404114617

I wouldn't say it has to be a mineral. While Plasmids were taken from sea slugs, Vigors seem to have nothing to do with the setting except for in their general theme (i.e. they could've just as easily been made somwhere else).