RALEIGH, N.C. – An emerald so large it's being compared with the crown jewels of Russian empress Catherine the Great was pulled from a pit near corn rows at a North Carolina farm. The nearly 65-carat ...

RALEIGH, NC (AP) — Rare emeralds found buried 20 feet below the ground in North Carolina will stay in their home state. An anonymous donor has given three large uncut emeralds and the largest cut ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. - The Alexander County, N.C., community famed for its emeralds has yielded a 64-carat gem that experts say is North America's largest cut emerald. Gem miner Terry Ledford said the deep ...