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A quartz metal halide lamp includes an outer sealed envelope defining an interior space, and an arc tube disposed in the interior space. The arc tube has a fill space. A chemical fill is disposed in the fill space. The chemical fill includes sodium halide and lanthanide halide, with the lanthanide halide selected from the group consisting of europium iodide, europium bromide, praseodymium iodide, praseodymium bromide, ytterbium iodide, ytterbium bromide and combinations thereof. The lanthanide halide is between 2 and 6 weight percent of the chemical fill. Electrodes are partially disposed within the fill space.
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