Provided are: a composite
wavelength conversion
powder which has high utilization efficiency of light and high utilization efficiency of a constituent material, and which is capable of achieving a good balance between highly efficient
light emission and high reliability; and a resin composition which contains this composite
wavelength conversion
powder. This composite
wavelength conversion
powder is obtained by dispersing
phosphor particles having a
refractive index of 1.6 or more in a matrix particle which contains fine
magnesium fluoride particles or fine
calcium fluoride particles. Also provided is a
light emitting device which is capable of improving the utilization efficiency of light produced by
phosphor particles that are excited by primary
irradiation light irradiated from a light emitting element, and which is capable of improving the optical output of
light emission by increasing the amount of secondary
irradiation light produced by the
phosphor particles, while suppressing the occurrence of color unevenness or color variation of the light discharged to the outside of the device. A
light emitting device (1) of the present invention is provided with a substrate (2), a light emitting element (3) that is mounted on the surface of the substrate (2), and a light transmitting member (4) that covers the light emitting element (3). This light transmitting member (4) contains composite
wavelength conversion particles (12) which are composed of phosphor particles that have an average particle
diameter of 500 nm or less and
inorganic particles that are transparent to visible light and have an average particle
diameter of 500 nm or less.