Michael Fleischer (mineralogist)

Michael Fleischer
Fleischer from a 1981 article in Rocks and Minerals
Born	(1908-02-27)27 February 1908 Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA
Died	5 September 1998(1998-09-05) (aged 90) Washington, D.C., USA
Nationality	American
Occupation	Mineralogist
Known for	Glossary of Mineral Species

Michael Fleischer ( 27 February 1908 – 5 September 1998) was an American chemist and mineralogist. He worked as a geochemist with the U.S. Geological Survey from 1939 to 1978. He published a huge number of chemical abstracts and reviews of proposed mineral names, and is known for his authoritative Glossary of Mineral Species, first published in 1971.