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The Fabulous Philosopher's Stone

The International Money Council and Monsieur Mattressface later appeared in The Crown of the Crusader Kings (2001) and The Old Castle's Other Secret (2004) by Don Rosa.


Abava Valley

In its vicinity there are 16 protected nature monuments, such as Devil's Stone, Devil's Cave and Chambers of Mara, five rocks, seven rapids and three historical estate parks.

Arthur's Stone

Arthur stone (more properly, Artognou stone), a find discovered in 1998 in a sixth-century archaeological context from the Tintagel Castle, in Cornwall

Bernard Trevisan

He was born into a noble family in Padua and spent his entire life spending his family fortune in search of the Philosopher's stone.

Carnelli

There is no strict one-to-one relationship between titles and works — What a Girl Wants is, unrelatedly, a Christina Aguilera song and an Amanda Bynes movie, while the first Harry Potter book is known both as Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone and Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

Church of St. George, Lukovo

It is located on Nenad's Stone (a hill 975 m above sea level) at the eastern slopes of Kopaonik.

Count of St. Germain

The Count is also one of the main characters in the trilogy of the German writer Kerstin Gier; in it, he is a time traveller who wants to become immortal through use of the philosopher's stone.

Donyarth

He is thought to be the 'Doniert' recorded on an inscription on King Doniert's Stone, a 9th-century cross shaft which stands in St Cleer parish in Cornwall, although he is not given any title in the inscription.

Harry Potter Trading Card Game

This last expansion features cards based on the Chamber of Secrets book, where all previous cards were based on the Philosopher's Stone book.

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Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, the first novel in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter series

Leadenhall Market

It was used to represent the area of London near The Leaky Cauldron and Diagon Alley in the film Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, and is featured in the films The Imaginarium of Doctor Parnassus, Hereafter (film), Brannigan, and Love Aaj Kal.

Magic Beyond Words

It is based on the book J.K. Rowling A Biography, by Sean Smith, detailing the journey of struggling single mother J. K. Rowling, her bid to become a published author, and her rise to fame that followed the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone.

Parasmani

Parasmani ('Philosopher's stone' that converts iron into gold) is a Hindi film of 1963.

Perenelle Flamel

Examples include Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J.K. Rowling, and The Sorceress: The Secrets Of The Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott in which Perenelle is a main character.

Prince's Stone

It was also described by Jean Bodin’s in his Treatise on Republican Government (1576) as "unrivaled in the entire world", although there is evidence that the Stone of Scone (now kept beneath King Edward's Chair in Westminster Abbey, although formerly in the ruins of Scone Abbey, Scotland) was used in a similar fashion.

In 2006 the Carinthian governor Jörg Haider had the stone, that since 1905 had been displayed at the Carinthian State Museum, transferred again to the Heraldic Hall at the Klagenfurt Landhaus.

After the incorporation into the Frankish Empire the procedure held in Slovene language was continued as the first part of the coronation of the Dukes of Carinthia, followed by a mass at Maria Saal cathedral and the installation at the Duke's chair, where he swore an oath in German and received the homage of the estates.

When in 2005 the Slovenian government of prime minister Janez Janša decided to depict the Prince's Stone on the national side of the Slovenian 2 cent coin, it caused some consternation in Austria.

Thomas Charnock

Thomas Charnock (1516/1524/1526–1581) was an English alchemist and occultist who devoted his life to the quest for the Philosopher's Stone.


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