User blog comment:The severus snape/Noticed something the other day.../@comment-24.6.46.92-20120815150653

that is true and when the baslik did attack harry, he almost had the horcrux off of him and only had to 6 more left, but the pheonix tears healed the cut and so the horcrux did not come of fully. he had to die in order for it to come off. that question took a awhile to get the answer.