[gundog]

Hell, lots of 1 carat diamonds wreak that kind of havoc.

[lee martell]

Atty Nadolenco almost took the existence of that giant emerald
for granite!

[BenLurkin]

His boss goes through his trash?

[BenLurkin]

[Pelham]

Gem smuggling ping

[Hot Tabasco]

Wow, article looks interesting but can't read it because of the paywall.

[Retain Mike]

It is interesting to speculate about how much of its value comes from legal fees.

[sauropod]

bkmk

[Zhang Fei]

Proved to be El Dorado for all the lawyers involved.

[Fledermaus]

Kryptonite?

[Larry Lucido]

This story opens up like a Philip Marlow novel.

[Billthedrill]

Morrison paid $1.3 million upfront for the diamonds, but the deal fell through and he suddenly found himself the unintentional owner of an 836-pound emerald.

I hate it when that happens. One minute you got a business deal, the next minute you got a rock, and then somebody else takes that away. Would have made an awesome door stop.

[Organic Panic]

Greed.

[Vaduz]

WOW one of the world’s most famous gemstones — the 180,000-carat Bahia Emerald.