The devitrification and structure of RE(PO3)3 (RE = La, Pr, Nd, Gd, Dy,Y) glasses are studied by infrared spectroscopy, X-ay diffraction and differential thermal analysis. The results from devitrification experiments show that RE(PO3)3 glasses (regardless of the size of RE3+) crystallize first to give monoclinic Yb(PO3)3 type crystals. The IR spectra of devitrified. La, Pr, and Nd samples differ, however, from those of Gd, Dy and Y in the range of symmetric POP stretching frequencies. To unravel the differences demonstrated in the IR spectra of devitrified RE(PO3)3 we performed preliminary Rietveld refinement on the crystal structure of the "metastable" Nd(PO3)3 [monoclinic, P21/c a = 11.468 (4)