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Sasso Pisano
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<p>Sasso Pisano is a village in <a href="/facts/Tuscany/Ivw1ogrE">Tuscany</a>, central <a href="/facts/Italy/tUf0PDYF">Italy</a>, administratively a <a href="/facts/Frazione/pcWQKjGS">frazione</a> of the <a href="/facts/Comune/Bxsc8IYY">comune</a> of <a href="/facts/Castelnuovo_di_Val_di_Cecina/VVpgo00P">Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina</a>, <a href="/facts/Province_of_Pisa/7aGD6doV">province of Pisa</a>. At the time of the 2001 census its population was 213. </p><p>Sasso Pisano is about 102 km from <a href="/facts/Pisa/AghIeTCI">Pisa</a> and 9 km from Castelnuovo di Val di Cecina. </p><p>The mineral <a href="/facts/Sassolite/rW9eQ8ne">sassolite</a> was named after Sasso Pisano. It was found in <a href="/facts/Lagoon/IBp4ez2D">lagoons</a> throughout <a href="/facts/Tuscany/Ivw1ogrE">Tuscany</a> and Sasso and was the main source of European <a href="/facts/Boron/Pmwgd7Mf">borax</a> from 1827 to 1872, when American sources replaced it. </p> Wikimedia Commons has media related to Sasso Pisano.