Sasso Pisano, Castelnuovo Pisa, Toscana, Italia
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".
References
- Klaproth, M.H. (1802): Untersuchung des Sassolins, Beiträge zur chemischen Kenntniss der Mineralkörper, Dritter Band, Rottmann Berlin, 95-101
- D'Achiardi (1934: Ginorite, nuovo borato di calcio di Sasso Pisano, Per. Min., no. 5: 22-32
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