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- Elon Musk's biographer set the record straight on whether Errol Musk ever owned an emerald mine.
- Walter Isaacson spoke to Musk's father Errol, who told him he exchanged a plane for emeralds.
- Errol never owned a mine, but imported emeralds into South Africa and had them cut in Johannesburg.
It's long been speculated that Elon Musk's father, Errol Musk, owned an emerald mine in South Africa or at least had a half-share in a mine.