The structure of sodium lead apatite Na2Pb8(PO4)6 has been determined using single-crystal X-ray diffraction. Crystal data are: hexagonal, space group P63/m, Z = 1, a = 972.1(4) pm, c = 718.6(5) pm, V = 588.1(5) 10 6 pm 3 , and R = 0.038. The result of charge distribution analysis confirmed the structural hypotheses. In the Raman spectrum, the two bands observed at 935 cm -1 and at 966 cm -1 , have been attributed to the Ag-E2g splitting, in the hexagonal C6h symmetry, of the nondegenerate symmetric stretching ν1(PO4).