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In the early 1980s, the author went to Baotou to attend China’s National Rare Earth Conference, and found many small, light-red or light-yellow wild chrysanthemums growing in grassland soil at the edge of a local mine. Their petals were solid, bright, and plastic-like. A few were picked and placed in a vase, whereupon they lasted for years without decay. It transpired that such flowers absorb rare earth elements such as neodymium (Nd) and praseodymium (Pr) from soil, which enhances their vitality.
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Wang, C. (2023). Application of Rare Earths in Agriculture, Forestry, and Animal Husbandry. In: Theory and Application of Rare Earth Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-4178-8_11
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