High alumina brick

A ceramically bonded, high alumina, refractory brick produced by the process of pressing and firing a mixture consisting essentially of from about 3 to 30%, by weight, of at least one material selected from the group consisting of fused zirconia-mullite grain and fused zirconia-alumina grain, from about 1 to 15% by weight, of finely divided chromic oxide and the balance a high alumina granular refractory material, said fused grain being substantially all -4+65 mesh particle size, said brick being characterized by having relatively good spalling resistance.