Sasso Pisano
Frazione
Sasso Pisano is located in Italy
Sasso Pisano
Sasso Pisano
Location of Sasso Pisano in Italy
Coordinates: 43°10′2″N 10°51′51″E / 43.16722°N 10.86417°E / 43.16722; 10.86417
Country Italy
Region Tuscany
ProvincePisa (PI)
ComuneCastelnuovo di Val di Cecina
Elevation
487 m (1,598 ft)
Population
 (2011)
 • Total203
DemonymSasserini
Time zoneUTC+1 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+2 (CEST)
Postal code
56041
Dialing code(+39) 0588

Sasso Pisano is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, province of Pisa. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 213.[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.[3][4]

References

  1. ^ (in Italian) Popolazione residente - Pisa (dettaglio loc. abitate) - Censimento 2001, Istat.
  2. ^ Webmineral.com
  3. ^ Garrett, Donald E. (1998). Borates: handbook of deposits, processing, properties, and use. Academic Press. pp. 102, 385–386. ISBN 978-0-12-276060-0.
  4. ^ Calvert, J. B. "Boron". University of Denver. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
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