The present report is a continuation of the description of our work on the transparency and light scattering in polycrystalline ceramics.  The first report dealt primarily with the concept of transparency and examined ways of quantifying this property.  The driving force for continuing this investigation was therefore greatly influenced by interest in optical properties of ceramics (this time truly single phase, polycrystalline materials) because of their application as windows, armor, scintillators or lasers, making the subject of light scattering in these media of immediate importance.  While ceramics made from isotropic materials are reasonably easy to produce with a high degree of transparency, the anisotropic ceramics represent the real challenge, often requir­ing consideration of nanograined materials and development of new consolidation technologies. ...