O-B  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY OTSBY AND BARTON CO.K PROVIDENCE,      RI SINCE 1907

OTM  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY ORTEM PRODUCTS OC., INC., NEW YORK
              SINCE 1961

O, WB  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY WILLIAM B. OGUSH, INC, NEW YORK SINCE
              1944

OAKLEY SOAP/PERFUME *PERFUMER;NY NY: 1920'S: "BLUE RIBBON", "YVETTE"

OBSIDIAN  *BLACK SEMI PRECIOUS STONE (VOLCANIC ROCK) SOMETIMES WITH
                        WHITE SNOW FLAKE LIKE MARKS. IT IS BELIEVED THE NAME COMES FROM A MAN
                         NAMED OBSIUS WHO IS SAID TO HAVE DISCOVERD THE STONE IN ETHIOPIA.

ODONTOLITE  *A TURQUOISE GREEN FOSSILIZED BONE (STAINED)  THAT HAS BEEN
                               IN CONTACT WITH COPPER.

OJIME  *SLIDING BEAD WITH NETSUKE AND INRO (SEE NETSUKE)

OLD CREST  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY GOLDBERG-KIRSCHMAN CO., NEW YORK
                          SINCE 1945. USED WITH CREST/KNIGHT GRAPHIC.

OLD EUROPEAN CUT  *CUT FOR DIAMONDS

OLD MINE CUT  *CUT FOR DIAMONDS

OLD WORLD JEWELS  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY SPEIDEL CORP., PROVIDENCE, RI SINCE
                                             1949

OLIVETTE LAB.  *PERFUMER;PROVIDENCE RI: 1920'S: "SPRING FLOWERS"

OLSEN EBANN  *WITH "KEY" GRAPHIC - JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY OLSEN & EBANN
                                JEWELRY CO., CHICAGO, IL. SINCE 1913

OMAR  *USED WITH "GENI" FIGURE AS JEWELRY TRADEMARK FOR OMAR, INC.,
                NEW YORK SINCE 1946. PRECIOUS AS WELL AS COSTUME.

ONEIDA  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY PADRUSCH BROS.,NEW YORK SINCE 1948
                   MOSTLY WATCH RELATED JEWELRY.

ONYX  *NAME GIVEN TO BLACK OR WHITE AGATE OR ONYX MARBLE/ALABASTER
               EASILY CARVED.  ONYX IS ACTUALLY A VARIETY OF CHALCEDONY QUARTZ
               AND WAS OFTEN USED FOR CAMEO CARVING.  ITS CONTRASTING BANDS
               ARE SAID TO SYMBOLIZE AND POSSIBLY CAUSE TROUBLE BETWEEN
               FRIENDS AND LOVERS.  ENGRAVED WHITE ONYX CARVED WITH A FIGURE
              OF VENUS WAS A MEDIEVAL CHARM FOR BEAUTY AND STRENGTH.
              ALSO SEE SARDONYX

ONYX, BLACK  *SEE ABOVE. BLACK ONYX OCCURS NATURALLY BUT IS GENERALLY DYED TO
                                HAVE A MORE UNIFORM APPEARANCE.

OPAL  *PRECIOUS STONE WITH BEAUTIFUL MULTICOLORED IRIDESCENCE.
              OPAL IS QUARTZ WITH SILICA PARTICLES AND WATER WHICH DEFRACT THE
              LIGHT AND GIVE IT THE MANY FLASHING OLORS.  THE COLORS RATE FROM
              BLACK  AND BLUE TO GREENS, BROWNS,RED AND WHITE. FIRE OPALS COME
              FROM MEXICO.THE OPAL'S STRUCTURE MAKE IT VERY FRAGILE AND  SUSCEPTIBLE
             TO CHANGE OF TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY. THE OPAL IS
             THE GEMSTONE OF LIBRA AND SUPPOSEDLY NOT LUCKY FOR ANYONE BUT
             THE LIBRA. OTHERS CONSIDER IT A LUCKY STONE FOR PERSONS
             ENTERING LIFE WITH THEIR SUN IN LEO, LIBRA OR AQUARIUS.
            MEDICINALLY OPALS WERE THOUGHT TO STRENGTHEN EYE SIGHT AND
            MEMORY. IT WAS ALSO CONSIDERED TO PROTECT FROM CHOLERA AND
            KIDNEY PROBLEMS.  IT WAS ALSO A PROTECTOR FROM LIGHTENING.

OPAL, BOULDER  *CLEAR WATER OPAL WITH BRILLIANT PLAY OF COLORS AND A DARK BROWN
                                   MATRIX. IT WAS FORMED WHEN SILICA STEAM WAS FORCED INTO THE CRACKS
                                  OF BOULDERS AND THEN MINERALIZED FOR AGES.  FOUND IN VARYING SHADES
                                  BUT USUALLY WITH THE IRON BROWN MATRIX AND COLOR PLAY.

OPAL, MEXICAN  *NAMED FOR THE BRILLIANT RED/ORANGE COLOR WHICH IS DUE TO THE PRESENCE
                                  OF IRON OXIDE. IT IS MINED IN MEXICO AND IS SOFTER AND LIGHTER THAN OTHER
                                  OPALS. THE MEXICAN FIRE OPALS TEND TO BE MORE SINGLE COLOR THAN OTHER
                                  OPALS, NOT HAVING THE "PLAY" OF LIGHT WITHIN. THIS IS THE ONLY TYPE OF OPAL
                                  THAT CAN BE FACET CUT.

OPALINE  *ANY TYPE OF WHITE OPALESCENCE IN GLASS

OPEN SETTING  *JEWELRY STONE SETTING THAT LETS LIGHT PASS THORUGH THE STONE.

OPERA GLOVE  *LONG GLOVE SOMETIMES WITH NO THUMB COVERING.

OPOCENSKY, PAVEL  *CONTEMPORARY STUDIO JEWERLY DESIGNER/ARTIST IN THE SCULPTURAL VENUE
                                            USING FIRST IVORY AND THEN STONE AND SURELL, A TYPE OF PLASTIC. MOST OF
                                            HIS DESIGNS ARE "VISUAL" ONLY.

OPULENTE COLLECTION *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY AVON PRODUCTS, INC., NEW YORK
                                                   SINCE 1970.

ORA ORIGINALS  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY AGNINI AND SINCER, CHICAGO, IL.
                                   SINCE 1950. OTHER VARIATIONS USING NAME USED.

OREGON ORCHIDS  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY JUNE C. JOHNSON, MEDFORD, OREGON
                                          SINCE 1948. JEWELRY USUALLY INCLUDED NATURAL NUTS, SEEDS, ETC.

ORIENTIQUE  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY TRIFARI, KRUSSMAN & FISHEL, INC.
                             PROVIDENCE, RI SINCE 1950

ORIGINAL BY ROBERT *JEWELRY TRADEMARK - 1942-1979 (SEE FASHIONCRAFT JEWLERY & ALSO
                                              ROBERT)

ORLEAN  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY SAMUEL E. PORTER, PROVIDENCE, RI
                    SINCE 1920 FOR PEARL JEWELRY.

ORLOFF  *PERFUMER;NY NY: 1930'S: "NIKKI"

ORLOFF  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY THE ORLOFF CO., INC., PHILADELPHIA,
                    PA. SINCE 1947 FOR WATCH RELATED ITEMS.

ORNAMENT  *SOMETHING THAT ADDS TO THE GENERAL APPEARANCE/ENRICHES

OSCAR DE LA RENTA  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY RICHTON INTERNATIONAL CORP., NEW
                                             YORK SINCE 1970

OSMAN, LOUIS  *JEWLERY DESIGNER/ARTIST BORN 1914 IN EXETER, ENGLAND.

OUR LITTLE DARLING  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY CORO, INC., NEW YORK SINCE 1946

OUT OF THIS WORLD  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY D. RODITI & SONS, INC., NEW YORK
                                             SINCE 1946.
 
OUVRIER  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY OUVRIER FASHION ACCESSORIES,
                     NEW YORK SINCE 1941

OVED, SAH  *JEWELRY DESIGNER/ARTIST BORN 1900 IN DEVONPORT, ENGLAND (D1983)
                         DESIGNED THE NECKLACE ON THE TOMB OF QUEEN ELIZABETH I.

OVELIES  *JEWELRY TRADEMARK USED BY JOSEPH H. MEYER BRO., BROOKLYN,
                     NY SINCE 1959