Applying a new synthetic approach in which transition metal complexes and a thiogermanate source are in different liquid phases resulted in crystallization of three new compounds with the adamantane-like [Ge 4 S 10 ] 4anion at room temperature. In the crystal structure of [Ni(cyclam)] 3 [Ni-(cyclam)(H 2 O) 2 ][Ge 4 S 10 ] 2 ·21H 2 O (I, cyclam = 1,4,8,11-tetraazacyclotetradecane), the two different Ni 2+ -centered complexes and two unique [Ge 4 S 10 ] 4anions are joined by H-bonding interactions with a water cluster composed of condensed pentameric and hexameric rings. The compound {[Mn(2,2′-bipy) 2 -(H 2 O)] 2 Ge 4 S 10 }·3H 2 O (II, bipy = bipyridine) also contains the [a] Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel,