{"id":7511,"date":"2021-05-03T07:03:50","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T07:03:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valdicecinaoutdoor.it\/poi\/old-selagite-quarry\/"},"modified":"2021-05-04T13:59:26","modified_gmt":"2021-05-04T13:59:26","slug":"old-selagite-quarry","status":"publish","type":"poi","link":"https:\/\/valdicecinaoutdoor.it\/en\/poi\/old-selagite-quarry\/","title":{"rendered":"Old selagite quarry"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;Selagite, scattered all over the place and quarried on several fronts along this itinerary, is unique to these places and has been used since the Etruscan-Roman period. One example is the famous three Etruscan heads of the gate Porta dell'Arco in Volterra. This is a magmatic rock that solidified at small depths and then emerged. The geologist Paolo Savi, struck by the lively brilliance of the small but numerous biotite crystals, called it \\&quot;selagite\\&quot; (from the Greek selagh\u00e8o: shining, brilliant). 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