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GUEST: They were gems and, um,
gold that were given to my
grandmother.

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They've been in the family
since the early 1900s.

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APPRAISER: You brought them in,
like, a little crumpled up
plastic bag. Yeah.

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(chuckles) Took me half an hour
to get the note out. (laughs)
Tell us what the note says.

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GUEST: The note says the h,
Idaho gems were given to Louise
Morrison when her father,

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John Tracy Morrison,
was governor of Idaho.

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APPRAISER: The red one is, in
fact, garnet, which is one of
the gemstones... Of Idaho,
uh-huh. ...of

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Idaho. The other one really
fooled me, because it's got this
light bluish green. Uh-huh. And

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I'm thinking, okay, maybe it's
aqua. I tested it, and son of a
gun, it's sapphire.

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GUEST: I'll be darned.
APPRAISER: Now, Montana is
famous for sapphire.

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GUEST: Uh-huh.
APPRAISER: Idaho, I didn't know.

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GUEST: Uh-huh.
APPRAISER: Potatoes, yeah.

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GUEST: The Gem State.

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APPRAISER: Gem State. Yeah. And
then what I love is the gold
nuggets.

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They're also from here. It's a
pair of earrings and a little
pin/pendant. They

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weigh about three pennyweights.
There's not a ton of gold here.

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GUEST: Right.

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APPRAISER: But the fact that all
of this comes from this state...

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GUEST: Isn't that great?

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APPRAISER: I think it's so cool.

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GUEST: Yeah.

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APPRAISER: So value-wise,
you have about $300 of gold

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in, in the gold nuggets. But the
fact that you got that
provenance, could be $300 to
$500. And then

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you have a ring, which, I just
love the story, and it's lovely,
but the ring is probably worth
$150.

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GUEST: Yeah.

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APPRAISER: Thank you.

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GUEST: Well, as they say,
it's priceless to us, yeah.