[BGHater]

Bahia Emerald

[techcor]

Mine! It’s big and green and I left in a warehouse. No, really.

[Just another Joe]

OH, that old thing?
That's mine. I forgot it at a warehouse in Las Angeles. You know how those three day benders can be,

[BGHater]

BAHOE ping.

[a fool in paradise]

Who was renting the storage unit?

And so they opened the unit and then sought to determine ownership.

How much stolen swag is auctioned off at storage warehouses when the person paying rent stops?

[badgerlandjim]

The LA Sheriff’s Dept. could say they think the emerald is just ill-gotten gains from a drug deal and confiscate it. Problem solved. (Wouldn’t surprise me if they did just that!)

[Ignatz]

Ah! So THAT’S where I left that thing!
I’ll be by to pick it up after work.

[kaylar]

Amethysts were once considered precious stones , for their rarity and beauty. Then Brazil turned out to have amethysts so common as to practically count as pebbles, and the value of amethysts plummeted. They are now considered to be only semi precious stones, and amethyst jewelry is cheap. Too many more emeralds of that magnitude turn up, and emeralds won't be precious any more, either. Which would suck , as that's my birth stone.

[JimC214]

Down from the glen came the marching men
With their shields and their swords
To fight the fight they believed to be right
Overthrow the overlords

To the town where there was plenty
They brought plunder, swords and flame
When they left the town was empty
Children would never play again

From their graves I heard the fallen
Above the battle cry
By that bridge near the border
There were many more to die

Then onward over the mountain
And outward towards the sea
They had come to claim the Emerald
Without it they could not leave
Emerald by Thin Lizzy

[DocRock]

"It was worth nearly $400 million, he said."

No it's not. It may be worth $20 to $25 per pound. In the gemstone industry, we call that quality specimen "door stopper" quality because the only thing it is good for is keeping a door from swinging closed. If it was smaller, it would be "fish tank" material.

I smell a scam... probably used as collateral against a modest loan compared to the "appraised" value, then when the loan was defaulted, the new owner tries to sell to recover his loss and finds out it is common, massive material and worth less than his loss... now comes the insurance scam to recover the money. Just my opinion of course.