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 ...

After a Brazilian merchant dubbed “The General” sold it for a measly $8,000, the emerald changed hands with reckless abandon, ...

YEKATERINBURG , May 28/ TASS /. The largest emerald weighing 1.6 kg has been found at the Mariinsky Priisk deposit, for the first time in nearly 30 years, the Sverdlovsk Regional government said ...

It has been claimed that Brazilian warlords — or perhaps it’s the Brazilian mafia — are in violent pursuit of what’s believed ...