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Ruby

Rubies inside the Gryffindor house point hourglass

A ruby is a red gemstone, often associated with royalty.

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The charlatan in Babbitty Rabbitty and her Cackling Stump requested several rubies as pay, claiming they were for the casting of curative charms.[1] The Sword of Gryffindor was known to be adorned with egg shaped rubies.[2][3] Rubies also filled the Gryffindor House points hourglass at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.[4][5]

On 31 July 1991, when Harry Potter visited Gringotts Wizarding Bank for the first time in Diagon Alley, he observed a goblin weighing a pile of rubies as big as glowing coals.[6] During the same visit, another goblin, or perhaps the same one, refused to serve him, as he was busy counting several thousand rubies.[7]

In June 1997, during the Battle of the Astronomy Tower, the Gryffindor House points hourglass was shattered and rubies fell onto the floor below.[5]

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