“…Among Langbeinite-based phosphates, whose coordination networks are based on [M 2 (PO 4 ) 3 ] fragments, may result in diverse structure types due to the ′M 2 ′ sites occupied by various types of tetravalent and bi-or trivalent metal pairs. For example, the structures K 2 MTi(PO 4 ) 3 (M = Y, Yb, Er) (Norberg, 2002), K 2 FeZr(PO 4 ) 3 (Orlova et al, 2003), K 2 MSn(PO 4 ) 3 (M = Fe, Yb) (Aatiq et al, 2006), K 2 AlTi(PO 4 ) 3 (Zhao et al, 2009), K 2 FeSn(PO 4 ) 3 (Zatovsky et al, 2007) and K 2 Mn 0.5 Ti 1.5 (PO 4 ) 3 (Ogorodnyk et al, 2006), have been reported. Herein we report the single-crystal growth and structure investigation of title compound K 2 AlSn(PO 4 ) 3 .…”