MIM Museum

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MIM Museum

Building where the museum is housed at Saint Joseph University
Established	2013
Location	Beirut, Lebanon
Type	Mineralogy museum
Website	www.mim.museum

The MIM is a private museum in Beirut, Lebanon. The name is an abbreviation of "Mineral Museum."^[1] The museum displays more than 2,000 minerals, representing 450 different species from 70 countries, and is considered one of the most significant private collections of minerals in the world.^[2] It opened in 2013.^[3] The museum also hosts an exhibition of marine and flying fossils from Lebanon.

History

The MIM mineral collection was put together from 1997 by Salim Eddé, chemical engineer and co-founder of the computer company

During the next ten years, Eddé continued to build up his collection, assisted by Jean-Claude Boulliard, curator of the Sorbonne collection. The inauguration of the museum, built on the personal funds of the collector, finally took place in October 2013.

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  Large, di-hexagonal prismatic crystal of 1,390 carats uncut with a deep green color. It is transparent and features few inclusions in the upper 2/3, and is translucent in the lower part.
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  Fossil of Mimodactylus, a pterosaur from Hjoula named after the museum
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  The stone at the top and in the middle is a Baryte from Morocco. It is nicknamed by the mim museum "Blue Cedar"^[5]

See also

• List of museums in Lebanon
• Paleontology in Lebanon
• Eupodophis

References

External links

• Mim Museum Facebook page

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