Sasso Pisano

Sasso Pisano
Frazione
Sasso Pisano Location of Sasso Pisano in Italy
Coordinates: 43°10′2″N10°51′51″E / 43.16722°N 10.86417°E / 43.16722; 10.86417
Country	Italy
Region	Tuscany
Province	Pisa (PI)
Comune	Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina
Elevation	487 m (1,598 ft)
Population  (2011)
• Total	203
Demonym	Sasserini
Time zone	UTC+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 Archived 2022-07-04 at the Wayback Machine , 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.