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Name of Stone Origin Color Comments
Oak Travertine Argentina Light beige (5)
Oakland White Granite Rhode Island, USA Light gray Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (building & monumental work)
Oakley Stone (Idaho Quartzite) In the City of Rocks area of Idaho, USA. Gold to brown shades or silvery gray colors. AKA "rocky mountain quartzite" from “Mining Minerals” Digital Atlas of Idaho
Oaxaca     “See Mexican Onyx.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oberdorlaer Limestone Germany   (5)
Oberkaina Granite Germany   (5)
Obscur (definition)     “Cloudy.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Obscurite (definite)     “Dark.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Obscurite Bruno (definition)     “Dark brown.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Occhi (definition)     “Eye.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Occhiato Marble (and definition) “Quarried at Mora, Venetia, Italy.” “Violet color with round fossils closely placed. (Blagrove.)” “Italian name for full of eyes.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Occhio (definition)     “Eyes.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Occhio di Pavone Bruno Marble Unknown location. “Brownish red.” “An ancient marble from an unknown quarry was known by this name....” Occhio di Pavone Bruno is “presumably from the same quarry....” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Occhio di Pavone Marble “Quarried in the neighborhood of Verona, Italy.” “Red, inclining to yellow, in which the shells form large orbicular spots of red, white and yellow.” “An ancient marble by the same name is similar.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Occhio di Pavone Marble (Ancient) Unknown location.   “An ancient marble from an unknown quarry was known by this name. This particular marble was very similar to Modern Griotte marble. Other varieties of marble, presumably from the same quarry, were - according to Pullen - as follows: Occhio di Pavone Bruno, Occhio di Pavone Pavonazzo, Occhio di Pavone Rosso, Occhio di Pavone Scuro, Occhio di Pavone Verddognolo, Occhio di Pernice.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Occhio di Pavone Pavonazzo Marble Unknown location. “Brick-red peppered with pearly-white fragments, oysters transparent, crystallized, and yellowish, with white arcs and suspicion of violet brown.” “An ancient marble from an unknown quarry was known by this name....” Occhio di Pavone Pavonazzo is “presumably from the same quarry....” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Occhio di Pavone Rosso Marble Unknown location. “Red, with round or oval shells changing into white or two shades - brick-red with streaks of white and spots of pink.” “An ancient marble from an unknown quarry was known by this name....” Occhio di Pavone Rosso is “presumably from the same quarry....” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Occhio di Pavone Scuro Marble Unknown location “Purple, with numerous shattered fragments of white.” “An ancient marble from an unknown quarry was known by this name....” Occhio di Pavone Scuro is “presumably from the same quarry....” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Occhio di Pavone Verddognolo Marble Unknown location. Purple, with numerous shattered fragments of white with tinge of green. “An ancient marble from an unknown quarry was known by this name....” Occhio di Pavone Verddognolo is “presumably from the same quarry....” ( from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Occhio di Pernice Marble Unknown location. “Brick-red with drab and red dots or violet with lines of yellowish-white lichen of yellowish-green and inconspicuous eyes.” “An ancient marble from an unknown quarry was known by this name....” Occhio di Pernice is “presumably from the same quarry....” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Occhiodino Marble “Quarried at Cerveno and at Bordogna, Italy.” “Violet filled with small round fossils. (Blagrove.)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Occhiuto Alabastro     “Same as Alabastro Occhiuto.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ocean Fantasy Granite Brazil   (5)
Ocean Green Granite China   (5)
Ochre Red Marble Mexico   (5)
Oconee Granite Green County, Georgia, USA Pale buff/gray Quarried by New England Stone Industries, Inc. (1)
Oderheim Limestone Germany Drab with brown ferrugineous spots Stone Magazine, Vol. XLVI, No. 1, Jan., 1925
Oeil de Perdix (definition)     “Partridge eye. Griotte d’Italie and other varieties of Griotte marble are sometimes found with an abundance of small pearly white spots. They are known as “Oeil de Perdix.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oeil de Perdrix Marble     “Partridge Eye or Oeil de Perdrix. Name given to griotte marbles with numerous small, pearly-white spots.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oglesby Granite Georgia, USA Azure blue Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 1, Jan., 1924 (biotite granite)
Ogwell Quarries     “See Gray Ogwell and Red Ogwell.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ohio Marbles Ohio, USA   “No marbles are found in the State of Ohio, but gypsum occurs in certain districts.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
"Ohio Sandstone" aka Amherst Sandstone Very large quarries at Amherst and Elyria, in Loraine County; also quarried at Columbia, La Grange, Pittsfield, and French Creek in Lorain County, USA Cream-colored "Amherst sandstone" or "Ohio Sandstone"; also from the Berea grit. "Blue Amherst," from the base of this grit.
Okinana Vd Granite Brazil (Bahia)   (5)
Oklahoma Granite In the south central & southwestern portions of Oklahoma, USA “The stone varies from dark red to light pink. There is also a dark blue and a mahogany color” Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (building & monumental purposes)
Oklahoma Limestone Oklahoma, USA Various colors: cream, nearly blue, white, or light gray Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“A limestone of various colors and textures. In one vicinity of the state it is cream-colored and even-textured, though coarse and full of small fossils. Near Pawnee some of the limestone is nearly blue, while near Tulsa it is usually white or light gray. Quarried for local use.”)
Oklahoma Marble Near Marble City, Oklahoma, USA.   “Quarried near Marble City, Oklahoma, and formerly known as Cherokee marbles. Several varieties of gray and pink were formerly produced, all of which took a good polish. Quarry is not producing at present. This quarry was opened about 1896 and was operated from time to time until about 1912. The output was also known as Ozark Gray, Ozark marble, and Ozark Pink.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Old Convent Siena Brocattelo     “See Siena Old Convent Brocattelo.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Old Convent Marble Quarry “Monterenti, Italy”   “This well-known Siena quarry was owned and operated by the Monks of the Old Convent at Monterenti, Italy. The original opening on the side of a cone-shaped hill produces the following marbles: Siena Old Convent Yellow or Brocattello, Siena Silver Gray, and Siena Silver Gray missed. The new openings on this hill, of which there are three or more, produce the Siena Monterenti and Siena New Monterent.” ( from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Old Convent Gray Siena Marble “Quarried at Monterenti, Italy.”   “See Siena Old Convent Gray.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Old Convent Siena     “See Siena Old convent Gray, Brocattelo, Gray Mixed and Yellow.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oletta Marbles “Quarried near Oletta, Corsica.” “Of three varieties: One, dark red with white and sometimes yellow veins; another, yellow mingled with shades of red, white and gray; a third, blackish with small white or brownish veins. (Blagrove.)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Olive Gray Quartzite (Quarzite Grigio Olivo) Piedmont, Italy   Interior and exterior (12)
Olive Marble “Quarried at Swanton, Vermont.” USA “Light faintly greenish ground, inclosing very irregular lenses or elongated cones more or less parallel, some of them brecciated - of light pinkish-gray color. (Vermont State Geological Survey.)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Olive Marble Swanton, Vermont, USA Mostly drab or olive, mingled with varied shades of red. The reds are “usually not very dark, olive, light or dark, pink and white.” Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932, Interior marble. (10)
Olivo Marble “Quarried at West Rutland, Vermont.” USA “White with olive or yellowish-green veins in cloudy, feathery forms.” “Blocks are not usually large - comes in slab form only.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Olivo Marble West Rutland, Vermont USA White ground with “various shades of olive green mingled with white.” Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932, Interior marble. (10)
Olympian White Marble Danby, Vermont, USA Practically pure white Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932, Interior marble. (10)
Olympos Snowy Marble Greece   (5)
Olympos Stripped Marble Greece   (5)
Olympus White Std Marble Greece   (5)
Omaru Stone (Limestone) Australia Light cream colored Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 10, Oct., 1924 (“widely used in New Zealand & Australia for the superstructures of building and ornamental work”)
Omeo Township (location)     “See Limestone River.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ondagata Brindisi (Fasano) Apulia Region, Italy   (12)
Ondagata Bari (Trani) Apulia Region, Italy   (12)
Ondagata Viola Marble Vicenza, Italy   Interior (11)
Ondato Cippolino     “Same as Cippolino Greek.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Onde (definition)     “Wave.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oned Meliz Marble Chemton Quarries, Numidia   “Numidian marble from the Chemton Quarries (see Numidian Yellow). Shipped from this station on the Algeria and Tunis Railroad.” ( from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oneoto Dolomite     (See Biesanz’s American Travertine.)
Oneota Dolostone Southeastern Minnesota, USA   Commercial names for the Oneota Dolostone are Mankato/ Kasota stone.
Onice Di Maroc Marble "Quarried close to Hadjadja a small town within a few miles of the Algerian border." Deep Red with White and Golden ribboned veins (there also used to be Blue/Grey and Light Pink) (8) (antique marble)
Onichino Alabastro     “Same as Alabastro Onichino.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Onichino Alabastro Fiorito     “Same as Alabastro Onichino Fiorito.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Onichino Alabastro Rossastro     “Same as Alabastro Onichino Rossastro.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ontario, Canadian Marbles Ontario, Canada   “See Banded Pink, Breche Rose, Byzantine, Cippolino Green, Imperial Green, Laurentian, Pink Clouded, Veined White.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Onyx     “True Onyx is a quartz or agate, generally chemically treated, and is not used as an ornamental building stone. Onyx, as known to the trade, is what is technically known as Onyx marble, because the stone is chemically the same as many marbles and the colors are generally banded as in Onyx. Hence, it possesses some of the characteristics of both. Onyx or Onyx marble occur on the floors of or what was a cavern. Some of the Onyx in use is not a floor or stalagmitic deposit, but is a stalactite from the roof or sides of caves, and is known as Cave Onyx. The manner of deposition of Onyx is much more simple than that of most any rock. Spring or rain water passing through clay gathers carbonic acid, which gives water the ability to attack and absorb lime from the overlaying bed of limestone through the crevices of which the water filters its way gradually, enlarging the cracks and thus forming caves. According to Greek legend, the origin of Onyx was due to Cupid having cut the nails of the Sleeping Venus with his arrow; these, falling into the Indus, were changed to Onyx. Travertine or Travertine Onyx is formed by deposits from deep-seated hot springs, and differs from Onyx only in the manner of deposition. Both are composed of pure carbonate of lime. The Onyx, however, contains some iron oxides and other coloring matter that Travertine does not possess. For Onyx see: Algerian Onyx, Arizona Onyx, Brazilian Onyx, Breche African Onyx, California Onyx, Chilian Onyx, Cicilian Onyx, Colorado Onyx, Egyptian Onyx, Gibraltar Stone, Italian Onyx, Maragha Onyx, Mexican Onyx, Missouri Onyx, Moroccan Onyx, Pedrara Onyx, Rouge Agate, Stalagmite di Bedat or French Onyx, Tyrolese Onyx, Utah Onyx. In addition to the above, Onyx is quarried at Alicant and Valencia, Spain, at Trapani, Sicily, and at various other places.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Onyx Alabaster     “Generally this name, or Oriental Alabaster, is only applied to Egyptian Onyx, but in many cases it has been used as the name for Algerian Onyx and sometimes for Italian Onyx.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Onyx Algerian     “See Algerian Onyx.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Onyx Breccia Marble (Breccia Oniciata) Lombardy, Italy   Interior (12)
Onyx D’Ore “Ain Smara Quarries, Constantine, Algeria, Africa.” “Mottled light amber with white wavy bands.” (Onyx D’Ore or Onyx D’Ore Passe or Golden Onyx.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Onyx D’Ore Passe “Ain Smara Quarries, Constantine, Algeria, Africa.” “Mottled light amber with white wavy bands.” (Onyx D’Ore or Onyx D’Ore Passe or Golden Onyx.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Onyx Dore Contre Passe “Ain Smara Quarries, Constantine, Algeria, Africa.” “Mottled light amber with a few white but not prominent veins.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Onyx du Marco     “French name for Algerian Onyx.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Onyx Nuagl “Ain Smara Quarries near Constantine, Algeria, Africa.” “Mottled light amber with a few white clouds.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Onyx Nuagl Contre Passe “Ain Smara Quarries near Constantine, Algeria, Africa.” “Mottled light amber with light wavy veins of white and occasional traces of light pink.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Onyx Red Agate     “Same as Rouge Agate.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oolitic Limestone Indiana, USA    
Opal or Opale (description)     “Opal or Opale - As used in describing marbles signifies creamish-white with variegations.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Opal Jaspe     “Same as Breche Benou Jaspe.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Opal Pearl Marble Australia White (5)
Opalescent Granite Minnesota, USA Dark colored  
Opalescent Lumachelle     “Same as Bleiberg.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Opaline Granite Texas, USA “A granite with sky-blue quartz crystals against a red-brown flesh-colored background. The texture is a motley, gray, porphyry rock composed essentially of large flesh-colored anerthoclase and amethystine quartz crystals, embedded in a very fine-grained ground mass of quartz.” Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 3, Mar., 1924 (building & monumental work)
Ophicalcite or Ophiolite or Phite (definition)     “The name ‘Ophicalcite’ is applied to the spotted green and white varieties of serpentines, by various writers and architects, regardless of whether the rock is a true serpentine or is Ophicalcite, which is composed of both serpentine and limestone. Many of the Verds, or Verd Antiques, and so-called serpentines are Ophicalcites.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ophicalcite di Levante     “Same as Verde de Levante.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ophicalcite de Pietra Lavezzra     “Same as Genova Green.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Opus Albarium     “Vitruvius gives this name to a stucco composed of ground marble.” ( rom “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Opus Alexandrium (definition)     “Ancient pavement used in churches, etc., in imitation of the Ancient Sectile. In Gothic times large quantities of Egyptian Red Porphyry was used for this purpose.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Or (definition)     “Gold.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oran Marbles “Kleber Quarries, Oran Province, Algeria.”   “See Numidian marbles from the Kleber Quarries.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oran Onyx     “Same as Algerian Onyx.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oran Serpentine “Kleber Quarries, Oran Province, Algeria.” “Green is the dominating color, but it is profusely mottled with black. (Watson.)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Orange     “See Borenore Blue, Caleula Dark, Caleula Light, Windellama.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Orange du Nivernais “Quarried at Taveau, Nievre, France.” “ Orange tinted. (Blagrove.)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Orbicular Diorite North Carolina, USA “Dark greenish rock with a pronounced mottled appearance. It is made up of dark green nodular spheres of hornblend set close together with intermodular areas filled with clear white cleavable and highly lustrous feldspar.” Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 9, Sept, 1923 (“The stone takes a good polish and has been used for decorative purposes.”)
Orenburg     “See Gray Ural, White Ural.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oriental Alabaster Egypt   “Ancient name for Egyptian Onyx.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oriental Alabaster At Ain Tekbaleli, near Tlemcen, Algeria, Africa Translucent, faintly white and iridescent; “Bands of crystalline white alternate with others of a yellowish-brown, dark brown, or umber color.”

Translucent, faintly white and iridescent; “Bands of crystalline white alternate with others of a yellowish-brown, dark brown, or umber color.” Description:  “The beautiful Algerian onyx marble is found at Ain Tekbaleli, near Tlemcen.  It is translucent, faintly white and iridescent, and of stalagmite formation, bearing a resemblance to onyx – whence it derives its name.  Bands of crystalline white alternate with others of a yellowish-brown, dark brown, or umber color.  In ancient times, these quarries supplied the inhabitants of Rome and Carthage with the marble which was much used for monuments and for the internal decoration of houses.  It was often cut into small vases for holding precious ointments, and was one of the stones known as Oriental alabaster.  It was not an alabaster as we now understand the word; it is a true marble or carbonate of lime.  It was very largely used in the beautiful Moorish architecture of Tlemcen, where Numidian marble is never found.”  (“Algerian Marbles,” The Manufacturer and Builder, November 1887)

Oriental Marble “Quarried at Swanton, Vermont.” USA “Deep red and brown with small spots of white.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oriental Marble Vermont, USA Dark red ground, sometimes almost brown in tint, irregularly shaped spaces of banded purplish or purple-gray shades, very irregular blotches of white. Quarried by the Vermont Marble Co., 1932, Interior marble. (10)
Oriental Oleoso     “Same as Alabastro Oriental Oleoso.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oriental Red Marble Swanton, Vermont, USA Red  
Orissa Blue Granite India   (5)
Orival Marble “From the Orival Quarries, in the Lower Siene, France.” “Brown with black veins. (Blagrove.)” ( from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Orival Stone     “See Caen Stone.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oro (definition)     “Gold.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Orobian Gray Arabesque Marble (Arabescato Orobico Grigio) Lombardy, Italy   Interior (12)
Orobian Red Arabesque Marble (Arabescato Orobico Rosso) Lombardy, Italy   Interior (12)
Orcollano Brown Granite Argentina   (5)
Oroomiah Lake (location)     “See Tabriz.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Orton Scar Limestone Orton Quarry, near Penrith, UK Range of grey/brown shades (2)
Ortonville Granite Minnesota, USA Dark red Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (for structural and ornamental work)
Osage Granite Granite, Oklahoma, USA Beige/light brown Quarried by Texas Granite
Osage Granite Granite, Oklahoma, USA Rose red Quarried by Cold Spring Granite Co. (1)
Orsera Marble “Quarried on the west coast of the Istrian Peninsula, at Orsera, a small town a little south of Parenso.” “Light fawn colored stone with faint light mottlings or small patches.” (Watson.)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oshkosh Limestone Wisconsin, USA Blue to bluish gray Stone Magazine, Vol. XLIV, No. 12, Dec., 1923 (“...formerly used locally for building, curbing and flagging.”)
Osseux Marble “Quarried near Verona, Italy.” “Reddish-green with large white fossils. (Blagrove.)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ossifero Chiaro     “Same as Bigio Antico Ossifero Chiaro.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ossola Beola (Domodossola) Novara, Piedmont District, Italy   (12)
Ossola Crevola Marble (Crevola D’Ossola) Piedmont, Italy   Interior and exterior (12)
Ostergotland Province     “See Ringborg Green. (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Oszlopp Limestone “Quarried near Oszlopp, Lower Austria.” “Chalky white, buff and gray.” “Will not polish.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Otago     “See Caswell Sound.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ottawa River Stone (Limestone) Carleton County, Ontario “Generally a bluish-gray color, fleced with white” Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 4, April, 1924 (“A crystalline limestone...extensively used for architectural purposes, mainly trim, throughout eastern Ontario.”)
“Otway Buff” Freestone Less than 20 miles north of Buena Vista, Ohio Buff (from “The Ohio Freestone District,” in Stone, An Illustrated Magazine, July 1892)
Oued-el-Aneb "Deposit of Constantine"   “One of the non-producing quarries of the Deposit of Constantine.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ouro Bahia Granite Brazil (Bahia)   (5)
Ouro Brasil Granite Brazil   (5)
Ovalle     “See Lapis Lazuli (Chili).” ( from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Owen Sound Stone (Limestone) Along the shores of Georgian Bay, Ontario, Canada Pinkish or bluish gray color Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 4, April, 1924 (“...crystalline dolomite limestone...Used for building purposes, mainly as rubble masonry.”)
Oxford Gray St. Cloud, Minnesota, USA Gray  
Oye Marble “Quarried at Oye, near the Lake of St. Pont, Doubs, France.” “Light pink spotted with bright red. Takes high polish. (Blagrove.)” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ozark Fleuri Marble (Limestone) Carthage, Missouri, USA. “Light gray groundmass somewhat ‘like the ‘Tavernelle’, but clouded or marbled with areas of darker color” (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946)
Ozark Gray     “See Carthage, Ozark Gray Veine and Veinless, also Oklahoma.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
"Ozark Gray" and "Ozark Pink" Marble Near and at Marble City, Oklahoma, USA Gray  
Ozark Gray Veined Granite Missouri, USA Gray with black veins Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (“used for exterior & interior marble work”)
Ozark Gray Veinedor Carthage Ozark Gray Veined Marble “Ozark Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missour.” USA “Dark gray slightly mottled and marked with slightly waving veins.” “Sawed across the bed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., 1907; 1994 the MIA)
Ozark Gray Veinless Marble or Carthage Oazark Gray Veinless “Ozark Quarry, near Carthage, Jasper County, Missouri.” USA “Light Gray slightly mottled monotone.” “Sawed with the bed.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., 1907; 1994 the MIA)
Ozark Gray Veinless Missouri, USA Gray Stone Magazine, Vol. XLV, No. 2, Feb., 1924 (“exterior & interior marble work”)
Ozark Marble Oklahoma, USA   “See Oklahoma.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ozark Pink Oklahoma, USA   “See Oklahoma.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ozark Tavernelle’ Marble (Limestone) Carthage, Missouri, USA “The polished surface presents an even, light gray appearance with a faint mottling due chiefly to slight variations in grain-size.” (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946)
Ozark Veined Marble (Limestone) Carthage, Missouri, USA Ozark Veined Marble “ is an even, medium gray or bluish-gray...These ‘veins’ are a bluish-gray color and set off subtle differences in the color, crystallinity, and mottling of the stone between the veins. The slight, regular mottling is due to the presence of darker fossil-shell material or of a lighter ground-mass between the fossils in some of the crystalline beds.” (from Missouri Marble, by Norman S. Hinchey, Report of Investigations No. 3, Missouri Geological Survey and Water Resources, Rolla, Missouri, 1946)
Ozora Marble Quarries     “See St. Genevieve.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)
Ozora Marble     “See St. Genevieve.” (from “List of the World’s Marbles,” Through The Ages, mag., (circa 1920) Nat. Assoc. of Marble Dealers/MIA)

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