Karl Haidinger

Karl Haidinger (10 July 1756, Vienna – 16 March 1797, Vienna), was an Austrian mineralogist and geologist. From 1780 onwards, Haidinger was employed at the "Kaiserlich-Königliches Naturalien Cabinet". One of the collections of the Cabinet was of rocks and minerals; in 1782 Karl Haidinger published a book on that part of the collection.