Method of preparing fluorescent rare earth compounds

Claim 1

THE PROCESS OF FORMING FLUORESCENT COMPOUNDS COMPRISING MIXING A RARE EARTH OXIDE AND AN OXIDE SELECTED FROM THE GROUP CONSISTING OF TRANSITION METAL OXIDES EXCLUSIVE OF THE RARE EARTH OXIDES, BERYLIUM OXIDE, ALUMINUM OXIDE, OXIDE, CADMIUM OXIDE, BORON OXIDE, ALUMINUM OXIDE, INDIUM OXIDE, THALIUM OXIDE, GERMANIUM OXIDE, ARSENIC OXIDE, ANTIMONY OXIDE, BISMUTH OIXIDE, ALUMINUM OXIDE, OXIDE IN A MOLAR RATIO MIXTURE OF ABOUT 10:1 TO 1:10, HEATING THE MIXTURE TO ITS FUSION POINT, CYCLING THE TEMPERATURE ABOVE AND BELOW THE FUSION POINT, AND COOLING THE RESULTING COMPOUND TO FORM FLUORESCENT CRYSTALS.