the philosopher's stone

[severusbook4]

No: HPFGUIDX 75547

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kathryn Cawte" <kcawte at b...> 
wrote:
>  
>  
>  *Yaira*
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "yairadubin" 
> <two4menone4you88 at a...> wrote:
> > If Nicholas Flamel is 600+ years old, Dumbledore must also be 
> around 
> > that age. They made the stone together, presumably before Flamel 
> was 
> > maybe 100 or something so how old is Dumbledore and has he been 
> > taking the elixir too?
> > 
>  Me -
> 
> Actually according to JKR Dumbledore is about 150. The books say 
that he
> worked with Flamel *not* that he discovered the Stone with him. 
The Stone
> was, presumably, an independent discovery of Flamel's long before 
Dumbledore
> was born. Since JKR says there is no higher education in the 
wizarding world
> I wonder If Dumbledore was a kind of apprentice to the older and, 
presumably
>  more learned, Flamel?
> 
> K

Flamel was the only known creator of the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's 
Stone.  So does DD know how to create one for himself now?  Since he 
worked closely with Flamel.  And could it be used against the Dark 
Lord if one was created?