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Sasso Pisano, Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italyi
| Regional Level Types | |
|---|---|
| Sasso Pisano | Village |
| Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina | Commune |
| Pisa Province | Province |
| Tuscany | Region |
| Italy | Country |
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43° 10' 2'' North , 10° 51' 53'' East
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Sasso Pisano, Castelnuovo Pisa, Toscana, Italia
Sasso Pisano is a village in Tuscany, central Italy, administratively a frazione of the comune of Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, province of Pisa.
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 and was the main source of European borax from 1827 to 1872, when American sources replaced it.
This area is near Larderello in a geothermal area due to magmatic masses near the surface. It is along a great fault that puts in contact the sandstone formation of "macigno" (Oligocene) with Jurassic radiolarites "diaspri" and there are many manifestations of "fumarole" and "putizze".
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Standard Detailed Gallery Strunz Chemical ElementsDetailed Mineral List:
| ⓘ Calcite Formula: CaCO3 Description: Occurs with Ginorite in veins in sandstone. |
| ⓘ Ginorite (TL) Formula: Ca2B14O20(OH)6 · 5H2O Type Locality: Description: Occurs with calcite in veins in sandstone. References: |
| ⓘ Molysite Formula: FeCl3 |
| ⓘ Native Sulphur Formula: S8 |
| ⓘ Sassolite (TL) Formula: H3BO3 Type Locality: |
List of minerals arranged by Strunz 10th Edition classification
| Group 1 - Elements | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| ⓘ | Native Sulphur | 1.CC.05 | S8 |
| Group 3 - Halides | |||
| ⓘ | Molysite | 3.AC.10 | FeCl3 |
| Group 5 - Nitrates and Carbonates | |||
| ⓘ | Calcite | 5.AB.05 | CaCO3 |
| Group 6 - Borates | |||
| ⓘ | Sassolite (TL) | 6.AA.05 | H3BO3 |
| ⓘ | Ginorite (TL) | 6.FC.15 | Ca2B14O20(OH)6 · 5H2O |
List of minerals for each chemical element
| H | Hydrogen | |
|---|---|---|
| H | ⓘ Ginorite | Ca2B14O20(OH)6 · 5H2O |
| H | ⓘ Sassolite | H3BO3 |
| B | Boron | |
| B | ⓘ Ginorite | Ca2B14O20(OH)6 · 5H2O |
| B | ⓘ Sassolite | H3BO3 |
| C | Carbon | |
| C | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | Oxygen | |
| O | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| O | ⓘ Ginorite | Ca2B14O20(OH)6 · 5H2O |
| O | ⓘ Sassolite | H3BO3 |
| S | Sulfur | |
| S | ⓘ Native Sulphur | S8 |
| Cl | Chlorine | |
| Cl | ⓘ Molysite | FeCl3 |
| Ca | Calcium | |
| Ca | ⓘ Calcite | CaCO3 |
| Ca | ⓘ Ginorite | Ca2B14O20(OH)6 · 5H2O |
| Fe | Iron | |
| Fe | ⓘ Molysite | FeCl3 |
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| Wikipedia: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sasso_Pisano |
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| Wikidata ID: | Q18490547 |
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Sasso Pisano, Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina, Pisa Province, Tuscany, Italy