Sapphire jewelry. They also may be created synthetically in laboratories for industrial or decorative purposes in large crystal boules. Because of the remarkable hardness of sapphires – 9 on the Mohs scale (the third hardest mineral, after diamond at 10 and moissanite at 9.5) – sapphires are also used in some non-ornamental applications, such as infrared optical components, high-durability windows, wristwatch crystals and movement bearings, and very thin electronic wafers, which are used as the insulating substrates of very special-purpose solid-state electronics (especially integrated circuits and GaN-based LEDs). Sapphire is the birthstone for September and the gem of the 45th anniversary.
MS Saga Sapphire Decks and facilities based on Croisières de France deck plans, which include only the decks accessible to passengers. MS Saga Sapphire MS "Saga Sapphire is a cruise ship owned and operated by the cruise line, Saga Cruises II Ltd. It was originally built in 1981 by Bremer Vulkan, Germany for Hapag-Lloyd Cruises as MS "Europa. In 1999 "Europa" was sold to Star Cruises and it was renamed MS "SuperStar Europe and year later MS "Superstar Aries. In 2004 she was sold to Pullmantur Cruises and renamed MS "Holiday Dream. In May 2008 she was transferred to the fleet of CDF