Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brazil argued emerald had been illegally mined and taken out of country (AP) A massive, 836lb emerald thought to be worth as much ...

After 24 years of legal battles spanning continents, the 'cursed' Bahia Emerald - a 397 kg pound gemstone reputed to be the world's largest - is finally set to return to Brazil. US District Judge ...

THE world’s largest emerald is at the centre of a bizarre battle between America and Brazil. The 840-pound Bahia Emerald — worth a speculated $1 billion and found in Brazil’s Carnaíba region — is the ...

A colossal green stone known as the Bahia Emerald may finally return to Brazil after nearly a decade of litigation in the U.S. Judge Reggie B. Walton, of the U.S. District Court for the District of ...

LOS ANGELES — It was an ordinary day at his Los Angeles law office when John Nadolenco opened a letter from Brazil enlisting his help in a mission to retrieve a stolen, and quite possibly cursed, ...

Since its discovery, the stone has narrowly escaped disaster, incited conflict, and left a trail of financial ruin THE world’s largest emerald is at the centre of a bizarre battle between America and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An oversize Bahia Emerald atop a globe with people in California and Brazil fighting for it in a tug of war. It was an ordinary ...

It was an ordinary day at his Los Angeles law office when John Nadolenco opened a letter from Brazil enlisting his help in a mission to retrieve a stolen, and quite possibly cursed, 836-pound emerald.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. (Allison Hong / Los Angeles Times; photos from Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department, New York Public Library) It was an ...