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.
Law of 6 May 1919 relating to the Protection of Appellations of Origin become genericized or otherwise fall into the public domain (Art. 10). A system of registration is implemented to follow the production from the vineyard through to wholesalers. The producers of spirits under an appellation of origin or of champagne must store their production separately from any production which does not qualify for an appellation of origin. Law of 6 May 1919 relating to the Protection of Appellations of Origin The Law of 6 May 1919 relating to the Protection of Appellations of Origin () is a French intellectual property law protecting geographical indications of the origins of products, particularly of