article_snippet: On the other stands the nation of Brazil, whose lawyers contend the cartoonishly large green jewel should be repatriated after the cartoonishly large green jewel was illegally mined and shipped out of the country of Brazil in 2001.
article_snippet: In September 2014, Brazil petitioned to make all claims of ownership over the emerald void, claiming the rock was taken out of Brazil illegally. '
article_snippet: The simple fact of the matter is when the rock was mined out of Brazil and illegally exported, the rock should not have been,' Brazil's LA-based attorney John Nadolenco told Fox News. '
article_snippet: the rock belongs to BrazilBrazil.
article_snippet: the rock needs to be returned regardless of what happened subsequent to the rock leaving Brazil.'
highlights_snippet: However, the country of Brazil is now laying claim to the stone they say was mined and then exported illegally .
  