ITABIRA, MINAS GERAIS, BRAZIL, July 2, 2025 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Brazilian emeralds are commanding new global attention, with Belmont Emeralds leading the way in ...

For more than 15 years, one of the world's most famous gemstones — the 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald — has been held in Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department custody, its ultimate fate uncertain amid ...

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 trial over who owns a whopping 180,000-carat, 840-pound emerald appears to have no end in sight after a judge in California ruled that the courtroom battle will go on despite the Brazilian ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The fight over ownership of a giant 752-pound emerald isn't over. On Thursday, a federal court in Washington D.C. issued a restraining order that prevents anyone from transferring, ...

A massive, 836lb emerald thought to be worth as much as $1bn, and rumored to be cursed, will return to its home soil of Brazil, a US court ruled this week. “We’re very happy with the decision,” ...

A U.S. ruling set in motion the gem’s repatriation to Brazil, where it was first unearthed more than 20 years ago. By Alexandra E. Petri Tales have been told for years about the famed 836-pound ...

Messer, the notoriously prolific money launderer, was able to move millions of dollars through Brazil’s emerald mining industry, adding yet another scheme to his laundry list of illicit financial ...