2 Fe 3+ (PO 4 ) 3 series, with x = 0.00, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.00, were hydrothermally synthesized at 400 °C and 1 kbar. Stoichiometric quantities of NaH 2 PO 4 ⋅H 2 O, FePO 4 , MnO, and FeO were homogenized in a mortar and 100 mg of the mixture was sealed in silver tubes together with 10 * ABSTRACT Several compounds of the Na 2 (Mn 1-x Fe x 2+ ) 2 Fe 3+ (PO 4 ) 3 solid solution have been hydrothermally synthesized at 400 °C and 1 kbar; pure alluaudite-like compounds have been obtained for x = 0.00, 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.00. Rietveld refi nements of the powder X-ray diffraction patterns indicate the presence of Na + at the A1 and A2' sites, Mn 2+ and Fe 2+ at the M1 site, and Mn 2+ , Fe 2+ , and Fe 3+ at the M2 site. The presence of small amounts of Na + at the M1 site and Mn 2+ at the A1 site indicates a partially disordered distribution of these cations. An excellent linear correlation has been established between the M1-M2 distance and the energy of the infrared band attributed to the M 2+ -O vibrations. The Mössbauer spectra, measured between 85 and 295 K, were analyzed in terms of a model which includes the next-nearest neighbor interactions at the M2 and M1 crystallographic sites. Fe 2+ and Fe 3+ isomer shifts are typical of the alluaudite structure and exhibit the expected second-order Doppler shift. The derived iron vibrating masses and Mössbauer lattice temperatures are within the range of values expected for iron cations in an octahedral environment. The Fe 2+ and Fe 3+ quadrupole splittings are typical of the alluaudite structure, and the temperature dependence of the Fe 2+ quadrupole splitting was fi t with the Ingalls model, which yielded a ground state orbital splitting of ca. 460 to 735 cm -1 for the Fe 2+ sites. The isomer shifts and quadrupole splittings of Fe 2+ at the M1 site are larger than those of Fe 2+ at M2, indicating that the M1 site is both larger and more distorted than the M2 site.