Na₂(Fe₂/₃Te₄/₃)O₆ (Z = 3) or Na₃(FeTe₂)O₉ (Z = 2), tris-odium iron(III) ditellurium(VI) nona-oxide, adopts the ilmenite (FeTiO₃, Z = 6) structure type with the Ti site (site symmetry 3.) replaced by Na and the Fe site (site symmetry 3.) replaced by a mixed-occupied (FeIII,TeVI) site in a Fe:Te ratio of 1:2. Whereas the [(Fe,Te)O₆] octa-hedron is only slightly distorted, the [NaO₆] octa-hedron shows much stronger distortions, as revealed by a larger spread of the bond lengths and some distortion parameters.