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- "Homework: twelve inches of parchment on the properties of moonstone and its uses in potion-making, to be handed in on Thursday."
- — Professor Snape setting fifth-years homework[src]
Moonstone (also known as the wishing stone)[1] is a gemstone of medium value.
Description[]
Moonstones were a milky colour and shine very brightly, almost as though they were a source of their own light. They were a useful potion ingredient; powdered moonstones were used as an ingredient for the Draught of Peace[4] and in several love potions.[5] Powdered moonstone was also an ingredient in Potion No. 86, which was likely an experimental potion.[6]
Moonstones were also used as an "ingredient" in conjuration magic.[3]
History[]
During the 1890–1891 school year at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, Professor Matilda Weasley introduced the Room of Requirement to the new fifth-year student, and when they came across a pile of chairs that could not be bypassed, she taught the student the Vanishing Spell, which vanished the chairs and produced moonstones. As they vanished some more chairs, they also got more moonstones. They were then used by the student to conjure various types of objects.[3] Moonstone could also be found throughout the Scottish Highlands.[8]
The centaur named Dorran later told two students to fetch a moonstone. He was referring to a specific stone that shone like the moon rather than the more common material. Upon finding it it was actually called "Scholar's Moonstone" and described it as a "luminous orb". It was so close to the brightness of a full moon that it caused Mooncalves to dance.[citation needed]
During the 1989–1990 school year, Jacob's sibling picked up powdered moonstone along with pearl dust from a witch at Hogsmeade station in order to brew a love potion with Penny Haywood in the Artefact Room, which they hoped to exchange for an Invisibility Cloak with Alistair Fidgen.[9]
On 2 September 1995 at Hogwarts, Professor Severus Snape told his fifth-years he requested twelve inches of parchment on the properties of Moonstone and its usage in potion-making as homework, to handed in on Thursday.[4]
Moonstones were also known to be among the gems set into Muriel's tiara.[10]
Appearances[]
- Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (First appearance)
- Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game) (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game)
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
- The Road to Hogwarts Sweepstakes
- Harry Potter for Kinect
- Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery (Mentioned only)
- Harry Potter: Magic Awakened (Mentioned only)
- Hogwarts Legacy
Notes and references[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (video game)
- ↑ The Road to Hogwarts Sweepstakes
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Hogwarts Legacy, Main Quest "The Room of Requirement"
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Chapter 12 (Professor Umbridge)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 See this on the Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (video game) Official Website.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (film)
- ↑ Harry Potter: Magic Awakened, Season 4: Where's Wolf, Chapter II: A Wolf in Witch's Robes
- ↑ Hogwarts Legacy
- ↑ Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery, Year 6, Chapter 11 (Love in a Bottle)
- ↑ Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Chapter 25 (Shell Cottage)