👯 Geminio - Doubling Charm
Geminio creates a duplicate of an object.
📋 Spell Information
- Incantation: Geminio (jeh-MIH-nee-oh)
- Type: Charm
- Effect: Duplicates objects
- Difficulty: N.E.W.T. level
🎯 Notable Uses
- Hermione used it to duplicate the locket Horcrux (as practice)
- Used as a protective curse in the Lestrange vault (Gemino Curse)
- Duplicates usually have inferior quality
- Cannot duplicate food (Gamp's Law)
⚠️ The Gemino Curse
A more advanced version places a curse on objects that causes them to multiply when touched. Used in the Lestrange vault at Gringotts, it created an avalanche of burning-hot treasure when Harry, Ron, and Hermione touched anything.