The invention provides composite materials comprising eucryptite particles distributed in a matrix material other than eucryptite. The matrix material may be a ceramic material such as an oxide ceramic. In an embodiment, the eucryptite particles are transformed from the .beta.-phase to the .epsilon.-phase during fabrication of the composite. This phase transformation can enable a eucryptite-based transformation toughening mechanism.

 
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