Blocks. -The new title compound is prepared by arc melting of the elements followed by annealing (alumina crucible in evacuated silica tube, 430 C, 28 d). Al 15Ge4Ni3 crystallizes in the cubic space group I43m with Z = 4 (single crystal XRD) and shows a three-dimensional network of CsF 2-type units, formed by Ni and Al atoms, which is interspaced by {Al 6Ge8} clusters resembling unit cells of the Cu3Au-type. Both structural motifs are connected by Al-Ge bonds. -(REICHMANN, T. L.; JANDL, I.; EFFENBERGER, H. S.; HERZIG, P.; RICHTER*, K. W.; J. Solid State Chem. 225 (2015) 240-248, http://dx.