Unicorn horns

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ladyramkin2000"
<ladyramkin2000 at y...> wrote:
> I may have just imagined it, as I can't find the reference, but I 
> have a feeling that unicorn horns were used for something or other 
> (potions, possibly).  Perhaps I'm confusing it with unicorn hairs 
> being used in wands, together with things like dragon's heart-
> strings. Do unicorns shed their horns or would there be any way of 
> obtaining a horn without killing the creature, which would be 
> unthinkable. I'm probably going off on a completely wild-goose chase 
> here but it's worrying me a bit. Can anyone help?
> Sylvia

Don't know if this is what you're looking for, but:

Book 1, The Forbidden Forest (pg. 258 US ed.)

"Harry Potter, do you know what unicorn blood is used for?"
"No," said Harry, startled by the odd question. "We've only used the
horn and tail hair in Potions."
"That is because it is a monstrous thing, to slay a unicorn," said
Firenze.

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