PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a fluorescent material which is suitable for scintillator for detecting X-ray, having a high fluorescence intensity and weak afterglow.SOLUTION: The fluorescent material is one having a garnet structure containing Ce as a light-emitting element, and at least Gd, Al, Ga, and O, and Lu and/or Y, wherein the fluorescent material is expressed as (Gd1-x-zLxCez)3+a(Al1-uGau)5-aO12, wherein L is Lu and/or Y, wherein 0