Method for producing fluorescent material, and fluorescent material

A method for producing a γ-AlON fluorescent material, comprising:

• preparing a first mixture containing a compound containing Mn, a compound containing Li, a compound containing Mg, an aluminum oxide, and an aluminum nitride, in which the amount of fluorine is 150 ppm by mass or less relative to the total amount of the first mixture excluding fluorine, and subjecting the first mixture to a first heat treatment to obtain a first calcined product having an average particle diameter D1, as measured according to a Fisher Sub-Sieve Sizer method, of 10.0 μm or more;
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• preparing a second mixture containing the first calcined product, a compound containing Mn, a compound containing Li, a compound containing Mg, an aluminum oxide, and an aluminum nitride, in which the amount of fluorine is 150 ppm by mass or less relative to the total amount of the second mixture excluding fluorine, and subjecting the second mixture to a second heat treatment to obtain a second calcined product having an average particle diameter D2, as measured according to the Fisher Sub-Sieve Sizer method, of 16.0 μm or more, wherein the second mixture contains the first calcined product in an amount of more than 20% by mass and 82% by mass or less relative to the total amount of the second mixture excluding fluorine.