Phosphate and product obtained from the same

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The invention relates to new, simple or mixed, rare-earth metal phosphates, with improved particle size characteristics, which are more particularly characterised in that they have a mean particle size of between 1 and 20 microns, preferably of between 2 and 6 microns, with a dispersion index below 0.5, preferably below 0.4. These phosphates are obtained according to a new process based on a precipitation by phosphate ions, at a pH which is constant and less then 2, of a solution containing soluble salts of the rare-earth metal(s). The phosphates according to the invention are suitable as luminophores or as precursors thereof.