Abstract: Raman spectroscopy can reflect the order degree and structural defects of carbon materials, and can be used to characterize the structural changes during the evolution of high rank coal-cryptocrystalline graphite, and analyze the relationship between Raman parameters of coal with different deformation and metamorphic degrees and the spacing of surface network(d₀₀₂). The results showed that: (1) there was stepped variation between the G peak position and d₀₀₂, but the graphite and high rank coal could be distinguished well. The S₂ peak, the full width at half maximum of D₁ and G had a good linear relationship with d_002; (2) the peak difference between D₁ and G and the full width at half maximum ratio decreased with the decrease of d₀₀₂; the peak difference between S₂ and S₄ increased first and then decreased with the decrease of d₀₀₂, while the intensity ratio and area ratio increased gradually; (3) the relationship of interlayer spacing(d₀₀₂) and Raman parameters figure shows the structure of two obvious evolutionary step, namely anthracite to ultra-anthracite (R_max>6.5 %, P(D₁-G)<235 cm^-1, P(S₂-S₄)> 525 cm^-1 and half peak width ratio dropped significantly, L_a/L_c reduce 2-3 times), semi-graphite to graphite evolutionary stages (P(D₁-G), I_D1/I_G, A_D1/A_G significantly reduced; L_a, L_c increase rapidly). The Raman spectral characteristics of coal structure at different evolution stages can be well reflected by taking d₀₀₂ as the scale.