Single crystals of Sr(PO 3 F)·H 2 O {P2 1 /c, Z = 4, a = 7.4844(2) Å, b = 7.0793(2) Å, c = 8.4265(2) Å, = 108.696(1)°, V = 422.91(2) Å 3 , 2391 F o 2, 70 parameters, R 1 [F 2 > 2σ(F 2 )] = 0.036; wR 2 (F 2 all) = 0.049, S = 1.054} were grown from an aqueous solution by a metathesis reaction. The structure comprises [SrO 8 ] polyhedra and PO 3 F tetrahedra that form a layered arrangement parallel to (100). The topotactic dehydration of this phase proceeds between 80 and 140°C to afford Sr(PO 3 F). The monazite-type crystal structure of Sr(PO 3 F) was elucidated from [a]