Ternary rare-earth antimonates Ln 3 SbO 7 (Ln = rare earths) were prepared, and their structures were determined by X-ray diffraction measurements. They crystallize in an orthorhombic superstructure of cubic fluorite (space group Cmcm for Ln = La, Pr; Ccmm for Ln = Sm -Dy), in which Ln 3+ ions occupy two different crystallographic sites (the 8-coordinated and 7-coordinated). For Ln = Nd, two phases with the Cmcm and Ccmm space groups coexist at room temperature. When the temperature was increased, the Nd 3 SbO 7 compound transformed into a single phase with the space group Cmcm.Through magnetic susceptibility measurements, an antiferromagnetic transition was observed at 3.0 K (Ln = Nd) and 7.8 K (Ln = Tb). Analysis of the magnetic specific heat for Tb 3 SbO 7 indicates that the 8-coordinated Tb ions magnetically orders at 7.8 K, and with furthermore decreasing temperature, the 7-coordinated Tb ions shows antiferromagnetic ordering at 3.0 K.3