Patent ID: 7247257

Claim:
A white light emitting device comprising: a light emitting element, a first fluorescent substance having a peak wavelength in a range from 575 nm to 630 nm, a second fluorescent substance capable of emitting a light in a range from blue to red, said second fluorescent substance being different from the first fluorescent substance, said second fluorescent substance being represented by (M 1-a-b Eu a L1 b ) 10 (PO 4 ) 6 Q 2 (M representing at least one kind of element selected from Mg, Ca, Ba, Sr and Zn; L1 representing at least one kind of element selected from Mn, Fe, Cr and Sn; and Q representing at least one kind of halogen element selected from F, Cl, Br and I, where 0.0001 ≦a≦0.5 and 0.0001 ≦b≦0.5).