The crystal structure of MnGe0 3 ilmenite was refined using Xray intensity data collected at 1 atm, 2.03 GPa, 3.25 GPa, 3.89 GPa and 4.99 GPa, all at room temperature. Compression of the unit cell is anisotropic, with c approximately twice as compressible as a, and c/a decreasing nearly linearly with increasing pressure. The isothermal bulk modulus determined from the cell volume data is 175(3) GPa if K' 0 is assumed to be 4.0. The mean Mn -O distance is more than twice as compressible as the mean Ge -O distance. Within the Mn octahedral site, the longer of the two independent Mn -O bonds decreases by 1.8% in the pressure range studied whereas the shorter bond decreases by 0.8%. Similarly, the longer of the two independent Ge-O bonds is more compressible than the shorter Ge -O bond in the Ge octahedral site. Distortions of the Mn and Ge octahedra do not change significantly with pressure, and the cation sites remain fully ordered at all pressures studied.