 | The fate of a "cursed" emerald will soon be settled. |  The Bahia emerald weighs 750 pounds and could be worth $1 billion. (Courtesy of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department) | - What you're looking at: The Bahia Emerald — the largest in the world. It was unearthed in Brazil in 2001 and later shipped to the U.S.
- What's the drama? It's the subject of a decades-long legal feud between American gem prospectors and Brazil. A D.C. federal court will soon decide its rightful owner.
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