A ceramic material powder for a translucent ceramic is molded with a binder,
and
the resulting green compact is embedded in a ceramic powder having the same composition
with the ceramic material powder. After removing the binder, the green compact
embedded in the ceramic powder is fired in an atmosphere having an oxygen concentration
higher than that in the removal procedure of the binder and thereby yields a translucent
ceramic represented by Formula I: Ba{(SnuZr1-u)xMgyTaz}vOw,
Formula II: Ba(ZrxMgyTaz)vOw
or Formula III: Ba{(SnuZr1-u)xZntMg1-t)yNbz}vOw.
The translucent ceramic has a refractive index of 1.9 or more and is paraelectric.