page_title: Redding, Connecticut
section_title: Mining
hierarchical_section_title: Redding, Connecticut / History / Mining
caption_attribution_description: English: The picture shows a boulder of reddish appearance together with a scale bar. The boulder is a massive garnet with few visible crystals on the surface. The surface has been exposed to the elements and is partly covered by moss. The picture was taken in Redding, Connecticut, close to the train station. Coordinates: 41°19'21.6"N 73°26'17.3"W Literature reference: W. M. Algar &amp; P. Krieger: "Garnet rock near West Redding, Connecticut". American Journal of Science 1932; doi: 10.2475/ajs.s5-24.139.68
context_page_description: Redding is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 9,158 at the 2010 census.
context_section_description: In 1876, after A.N. Fillow began extracting mica in the Branchville section of Redding, two Yale University mineralogists noted the presence of previously undiscovered minerals lodged in pegmatite there and furnished funds to expand the operation. Historians say the mine produced between seven and nine minerals until then unknown, including one that was named reddingite. Over time, the mine would produce quantities of quartz, feldspar, mica, beryl, spodumene and columbite.
  Another unique geological feature is the bedrock close to the train station. It is composed of nearly pure and massive garnet.
caption: Cinnamon colored garnet rock near the train station in Redding.
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