TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - INORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: Alternative process comprises process (a); (d) separating the mixture into a mixture of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and fullerene and a carbon polymer component; and (e) separating the mixture into fullerene and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon.    TECHNOLOGY FOCUS - ORGANIC CHEMISTRY - Preferred Method: The process (a) produces a mixture including fullerene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and carbon polymeric component by heat decomposition or firing method using a raw material containing hydrocarbons. The hydrocarbon raw material is a 6-20C aromatic hydrocarbon.Process (b) is a process which mixes the mixture of fullerene, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon and carbon polymeric component and an organic solvent of solubility of C60 of at most 10 mg/L, obtaining an extract in which the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon is dissolved and solid-liquid separating the extract and the mixture of fullerene which is not dissolved with the extraction liquid and a carbon polymer component. The solvent is an aliphatic (halo)hydrocarbon, alcohol, ether, ketone, or amide. Process (b) sublimates the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon by heating the mixture of process (a) under an inert gas. The inert gas is nitrogen, helium and/or argon.Process (c) comprises mixing a mixture of fullerene and carbon polymeric component and an organic solvent of C60 solubility at least 1 g/L to obtain an extract solution in which fullerene is dissolved, and solid-liquid separating the extract solution and a carbon polymeric component which does not dissolve. This organic solvent is 1,2,4-trimethyl-benzene or tetralin. Process (c) sublimates fullerene by heating the mixture of fullerene and carbon polymeric component under an inert gas. EXAMPLE - A C60-C90 fullerene mixture including carbon black, is placed in a flask, and tetralin is added. Extraction is performed. Next, ethanol is added to give a suspension and centrifugal separation is carried out. Low pressure filtration is performed. Tetralin is evaporated to give a fullerene mixture.