The title compound, tricalcium oxynitride silicate, withcomposition Ca3-xSi2N2-2xO4+2x (x ’ 0.12), is a perovskiterelatedcalcium oxynitrido silicate containing isolated oxynitridosilicate 12-rings. The N atoms are statistically disorderedwith O atoms (occupancy ratio N:O = 0.88:0.12) and occupythe bridging positions in the 12 ring oxynitrido silicate anion,while the remaining O atoms are located at the terminalpositions of the Si(O,N)4 tetrahedra. The majority of the Ca2+cations fill the channels along [100] in the packing of the 12-ring anions. The rest of these cations are located at severalpositions, with partial occupancy, in channels along the bodydiagonals.