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                                    EXHIBIT 5

                            OPINION OF HORWITZ & BEAM



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                          [HORWITZ & BEAM LETTERHEAD]

June 17, 1998
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                                  June 25, 1998

                             Luminex Lighting, Inc.

Ladies and Gentlemen:

           This office represents Luminex Lighting, Inc., a California
corporation (the "Registrant") in connection with the Registrant's Registration
Statement on Form SB-2 under the Securities Act of 1933 (the "Registration
Statement"), which relates to the issuance and sale of a maximum of 500,000
Shares of Common Stock and 500,000 Warrants (the "Registered Securities")
pursuant to an Underwriting Agreement to be dated as of the effective date of
the Registration Statement. In connection with our representation, we have
examined such documents and undertaken such further inquiry as we consider
necessary for rendering the opinion hereinafter set forth.

           Based upon the foregoing, it is our opinion that the Registered
Securities, when sold as set forth in the Registration Statement, will be
legally issued, fully paid and nonassessable.

           We acknowledge that we are referred to under the heading "Legal
Matters" in the Prospectus which is a part of the Registration Statement, and we
hereby consent to such use of our name in such Registration Statement and to the
filing of this opinion as Exhibit 5 to the Registration Statement and with such
state regulatory agencies in such states as may require such filing in
connection with the registration of the Registered Securities for offer and sale
in such states.

                                             HORWITZ & BEAM

                                             /s/ Horwitz & Beam