(Refu le 13 juillet 1973, acceptd ie 22 octobre 1973) fl-Ca(NO3)z.2H20, monoclinic, C2/c, a=7"79 (1), b=6"88 (1), c=12-22 (1) fi~, fl=90"0 (3) °, Z=4, Dx = 2"03 g cm -3. The material was crystallized from a supersaturated aqueous solution. The structure consists of layers parallel to the ab plane, held togzther by hydrogen bonds. The Ca coordination is 10.