Judge rules US must return ‘cursed’ $1B emerald to Brazil

836lb ‘cursed’ emerald worth $1bn must return to Brazil, US judge rules
The rare Bahia Emerald, which was mined in Brazil in 2001 and smuggled to the US, has long been the subject of competing claims of ownership
'Cursed' 800-pound emerald ordered to return back to Brazil from U.S.
A U.S. judge has ruled that the Bahia Emerald, which was mined in 2001 and smuggled into the U.S., may return to Brazil. The jewel has been described as "cursed."
After years of limbo in L.A., 836-pound Bahia Emerald may return to Brazil
The 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald has long been held in Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department custody, but a federal judge's ruling could clear the way for it to return to Brazil.
U.S. judge clears way for ‘cursed’ giant emerald to return to Brazil
Nearly a quarter-century ago, a giant, malformed emerald was illegally wrenched from Brazilian soil and smuggled across the ocean and into the United States, where it has been the object of intrigue, obsession and dispute ever since.
An Emerald Taken From Brazil Decades Ago May Soon Be Returned.
Tales have been told for years about the famed 836-pound emerald believed to be worth up to $1 billion: that it survived a panther attack, that it survived the floods of Hurricane Katrina, that the gem may be cursed.
Judge rules US must return ‘cursed’ $1B emerald to Brazil after 23 years
An 836-pound “cursed” emerald worth nearly $1 billion will be returned to Brazil after 15 years under lock and key in Los Angeles.

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