AbstractTe(OH)6 · 2Na3P3O9 · 6H2O, is hexagonal (P63/m) with a = 11,67(1), c = 12,12(1) Å, Z = 2 and Dx = 2,225 g/cm3. Te(OH)6 · K3P3O9 · 2H2O, is monoklin (P21/c) with a = 19,61(5), b = 7,456(1), c = 14,84(6) Å, = 108,01(4), Z = 4 and Dx = 2,506 g/cm3. Both compounds are the first examples of phosphate tellurates in which the anion phosphate is condensed to the ring anion P3O9. As in phosphate tellurates already described the phosphate groups are independent of the TeO6 octahedra.