Two new quaternary sulfides,La3Sn0.25GeS71 and Sm3 Sn0.25GeS72,have been synthesized by a facile solid-state reaction,and their crystal structures were determined by singlecrystal X-ray diffraction analysis.The two compounds crystallize in the P6 3 space group,and the crystal data are as follows-La3Sn0.25GeS7:a=10.3335(7),c=5.8455(7),Z=2;Sm3Sn0.25GeS7:a=9.999(3),c=5.787(2),Z=2.Single-crystal analysis indicated that the two compounds consist of three types of building blocks:LnS 8 anti-tetragonal prism,SnS 6 octahedron,and GeS 4 tetrahedron.