where is praseodymium found
Praseodymium is usually found only in two different kinds of ores. The major commercial ores in which praseodymium is found are monazite and bastnasite. The main mining areas are China, USA, Brazil, India, Sri Lanka and Australia.Reserves of praseodymium are estimated to be around 2 million tonnes.World production of praseodymium is about 2500 tonnes per year.raseodymium can be used as alloying agent with magnesium to create high strenght metals that are used in aircraft engines. Praseodymium is one of the rare chemicals, that can be found in houses in equipment such as colour televisions, fluorescent lamps, energy-saving lamps and glasses.