Infrared transmitting glass-ceramics based on the selected glass of 65GeSe 2 -25Ga 2 Se 3 -10CsI were obtained by a two-stage heat-treatment method. Results of X-ray diffraction and scanning electronic microscopy indicated that droplet-like nanoparticles containing cubic Ga 2Àd Ge d Se 3 crystals are homogeneously generated in the glass-ceramics and that the whole glassceramic process is composed of phase separation, nucleation, and crystal growth. Evolutions of the optical and mechanical properties of glass-ceramics versus annealing time at the firststage heat treatment were also investigated. Compared with the parent glass, the fabricated glass-ceramics show considerably enhanced fracture toughness, practicable infrared transparence, and microhardness, which confer them with considerable competitive advantages over currently used infrared materials.