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.
Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the European Communities and the European Union Santos [and others]) v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union". This act legislates to enable the implementation of the country's exit from the European Union (Brexit) and automatically repeals the European Communities Act 1972 on "exit day" – defined in the legislation as 29 March 2019 (at 11.00 p.m.) although until then it remains legally on the statute book with full legal force. Acts of Parliament of the United Kingdom relating to the European Communities and the European Union This is a list of current, amended, spent and repealed Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom relating