Needle-like crystals of V3O7 up to 2 mm in length were grown by a chemical vapor transport method using NH4Cl as a transport agent. The anisotropic magnetic susceptibility was measured for the first time. At 2 K, a spin-flop transition occurs under a magnetic field of 0.1 T. V3O7 is proved to be a uniaxial antiferromagnet with its easy axis parallel to the b-axis of monoclinic structure. A spin structure with antiferromagnetic interaction between (10 (1) over bar) layers and ferromagnetic interaction in the layers below the Neel temperature (5.2 K) is suggested. (C) 2009 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.