Shaila: Gold or Diamonds

Gold or Diamonds? Chof Daled Teves 5772
There once lived a Jew in Eastern Europe who had two sons, two daughters and two granddaughters. After he passed away his children opened his will, which stated that all of his physical assets should be divided between his sons alone, while any gold and silver ornaments or objects that belonged to him should be divided between his daughters and granddaughters as well.
While the daughters were searching through their father's possessions they discovered a few gold objects, many of which were constructed of simple thin pieces of gold, but were inlaid with many precious stones and diamonds, making them exceedingly valuable.
The sons claimed that they were the rightful heirs of these gold objects, or at least to the precious stones and diamonds they contained, for after all, the true significance and value of these objects lay in their diamonds. Therefore, they claimed, they should not have the status of gold ornaments, but rather of diamond ornaments that also contained gold, which would make them the rightful heir of the gems. The daughters, however, insisted that these objects had the status of gold ornaments, and therefore that made them rightful heir to their portion of not only these objects, but also to all that was inlaid within them.
Who were the rightful heirs of these gold objects?

