The invention discloses a black ferric arsenate crystal. The black ferric arsenate crystal is a micrometer petal-shaped particle, the particle size is 10 to 20mu m, and the appearance feature is black powder; a chemical formula of the black ferric arsenate crystal is Fe6(AsO4)5; diffraction peaks 2theta are equal to 13.9, 16.0, 21.2, 24.9, 25.2, 27.8, 28.4, 29.1, 30.5, 32.3, 34 and 34.2. The invention also discloses a synthesis method of the black ferric arsenate crystal. The synthesis method comprises the following steps of using ferric nitrate, sodium arsenate, nitric acid and deionized water to prepare a synthesis solution; mixing alcohol and the synthesis solution according to a volume ratio, so as to obtain a mixed solution; adding the mixed solution into a high-pressure reaction kettle to react for 8 to 24 hours at the temperature of 160 to 200 DEG C; after reacting, centrifuging, flushing solids by alcohol and water, and drying, so as to obtain the black ferric arsenate crystal. The synthesis method has the advantage that after the black ferric arsenate crystal is synthesized, the removal rates of Fe and As are respectively greater than 97%, so that the application potential in an As removal field is very large.