MIM Museum
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| Established | 2013 |
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| Location | Beirut, Lebanon |
| Coordinates | 33°52′48″N 35°30′51″E / 33.88000°N 35.51417°E |
| Type | Mineralogy museum |
| Website | www |
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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
[edit]The MIM mineral collection was put together from 1997 by Salim Eddé, chemical engineer and co-founder of the computer company Murex. In 2004, he decided to make his collection accessible to the public and designed the first museum of its kind in Lebanon. Eddé presented the idea to Father René Chamussy, rector of the Saint Joseph University of Beirut, who adopted it and reserved for the collection 1,300 m2 in the basement of a building then under construction on the campus near the National Museum of Beirut.[4] 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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![The stone at the top and in the middle is a Baryte from Morocco. It is nicknamed by the mim museum "Blue Cedar"[5]](//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/MIM_%28mus%C3%A9e%29_Mus%C3%A9e_des_min%C3%A9raux_-_Beyrouth_03.jpg/120px-MIM_%28mus%C3%A9e%29_Mus%C3%A9e_des_min%C3%A9raux_-_Beyrouth_03.jpg)
The stone at the top and in the middle is a Baryte from Morocco. It is nicknamed by the mim museum "Blue Cedar"[5]
![The stone at the top and in the middle is a Baryte from Morocco. It is nicknamed by the mim museum "Blue Cedar"[5]](/wiki/File:MIM_(mus%C3%A9e)_Mus%C3%A9e_des_min%C3%A9raux_-_Beyrouth_03.jpg)
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Kellner, Alexander W. A.; Caldwell, Michael W.; Holgado, Borja; Vecchia, Fabio M. Dalla; Nohra, Roy; Sayão, Juliana M.; Currie, Philip J. (2019). "First complete pterosaur from the Afro-Arabian continent: insight into pterodactyloid diversity". Scientific Reports. 9 (1): 17875. Bibcode:2019NatSR...917875K. doi:10.1038/s41598-019-54042-z. PMC 6884559. PMID 31784545.
- ^ Lina, Kobeissi (11 May 2017). "The world's most exciting private collection of minerals hides in Beirut". Museeum. Archived from the original on 2 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ Lyckberg, Peter (16 October 2013). "The MIM Museum opening, Lebanon". www.mindat.org. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
- ^ "Salim Eddé, deux passions au service du Liban". L'Orient-Le Jour (in French). 24 October 2017. Archived from the original on 4 November 2023. Retrieved 13 December 2020.
- ^ "mim museum". www.facebook.com. Archived from the original on 31 December 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2019.
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