High-purity powder specimens of AgCa
2Mn
2V
3O
12 and NaPb
2Mn
2V
3O
12 have been successfully synthesized by solid-state chemical reaction. The Rietveld refinements from X-ray powder diffraction data verified that these compounds have the
garnet-type structure (space group
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, No. 230) with the lattice constant of
a=12.596(2) Å for AgCa
2Mn
2V
3O
12 and
a=12.876(2) Å for NaPb
2Mn
2V
3O
12. Calculation of the bond valence sum supported that Mn is divalent and V is pentavalent in these
garnets. Estimation of the quadratic elongation and the bond angle variance showed that the distortions of the MnO
6 octahedra and the VO
4 tetrahedra are significantly suppressed. Our new results of AgCa
2Mn
2V
3O
12 and NaPb
2Mn
2V
3O
12 are compared to those of AgCa
2M
2V
3O
12 and NaPb
2M
2V
3O
12 (M=Mg, Co, Ni, Zn).