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.
Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire fluid for the casual player, yet has collecting and evolving for the obsessive." "Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire" has been compared to other pinball video games, including "Mario Pinball Land", which GameAxis Unwired treats as an inferior to "Ruby & Sapphire". Eurogamer described "Ruby & Sapphire" as a spiritual predecessor to "Metroid Prime Pinball". Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire Pokémon Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire is a pinball game developed by Jupiter, published by The Pokémon Company and distributed by Nintendo for the Game Boy Advance handheld game console. It was first revealed at E3 in 2003, and was released in