RIO DE JANEIRO — Many extraordinary stories have been told about the Bahia Emerald, a large portion of them false. It has been asserted that panthers, or some other ferocious beasts, attacked a ...
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 ...
“Ireland really coasts on its reputation as the Emerald Isle,” Mr. Daltun said in a recent interview at his West Cork home. “There is this perception that because it rains a lot in ...
Forecast issued at 4:30 pm EST on Thursday 14 November 2024. Partly cloudy. High chance of showers, most likely in the late afternoon and evening. The chance of a thunderstorm in the afternoon and ...
The 75.47-carat Hooker Emerald was worn by Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid II, the last sultan of the Ottoman Empire. Photo by Chip Clark, courtesy Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural ...
A hand-held flashlight reveals the green color of a rough emerald from the Coscuez Emerald mine in Colombia. Photo by Eric Welch/GIA. Emerald is the green to bluish green variety of beryl, a mineral ...
The Gravelotte emerald mine, which was in operation from 1929 to 2002 and was reportedly the world’s biggest emerald mine in its heyday, is once again in production, albeit initially on a very small ...