A series of arsenate-substituted fluorapatite (FA) was directly prepared through the aqueous precipitation method. Characterization studies from elemental analysis, X-ray diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectra, and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) have confirmed the formation of the arsenate/phosphate fluorapatite solid solutions (AsPFAs), i.e., Ca 5 (P x As 1-x O 4 ) 3 F, which had a single phase of apatite structure. The analysis of the measurements indicated that the unit cell a and c parameters did not vary smoothly with the degree of substitution, as expected by Vegard's law. The morphology was dependent of the arsenate/phosphate ratio. The solids with high As/(P + As) molar ratio of 0.29 to 1.0 were typically needlelike crystals, which developed along the c-axis; all apatites with the As/(P + As) molar ratio of <0.09 were large tabular. The phosphate peaks and the arsenate peaks in the FT-IR spectra were observed for the entire series of substituted apatites. The area of the phosphate peak was gradually suppressed and that of the arsenate peak increased as the proportion of the arsenate increased.