Sasso Pisano

Sasso Pisano is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, province of Pisa.

[1] Sasso Pisano is about 102 km from Pisa and 9 km from Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina.

The mineral sassolite was named after Sasso Pisano.

It was found in lagoons throughout Tuscany and Sasso[2] and was the main source of European borax from 1827 to 1872, when American sources replaced it.

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