The speciation in the FLiNaK-ScF 3 and FLiNaK-ScF 3 -Li 2 O melts above 873 K was investigated by Raman spectroscopy and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. Binary scandium fluoride anions in the form of ScF 5 2− and ScF 6 3− were identified in molten FLiNaK containing 20 mol % ScF 3 , which were not affected by either temperature or alkali cations in molten fluoride. With the addition of Li 2 O into the FLiNaK-ScF 3 (20 mol %) melt, ternary scandium oxyfluoride anion Sc 2 OF 6 2− was formed and dominated the spectrum, and it was characterized to possess a linear Sc−O− Sc geometry with two ScF 3 moieties bridged by a single oxygen atom. Further increase in Li 2 O content to 40 mol % resulted in the formation of the second oxyfluoride anion Sc 2 O 2 F 6 4− containing a rhombic Sc 2 O 2 ring, while the Raman bands due to Sc 2 OF 6 2− disappeared. When the Li 2 O concentration went beyond 40 mol %, the sample was no longer homogeneous due to the appearance of insoluble scandium oxide on the surface of the melt, suggesting that scandium oxide is formed via the reactions of ScF 5 2− and ScF 6 3− with O 2− in molten FLiNaK mediated by Sc 2 OF 6 2− and Sc 2 O 2 F 6 4− .