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.

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MIM Museum
Building where the museum is housed at Saint Joseph University

Established	2013
Location	Beirut, Lebanon
Coordinates	33°52′48″N 35°30′51″E
Type	Mineralogy museum
Website	www.mim.museum

History

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.

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.
The stone at the top and in the middle is a Baryte from Morocco. It is nicknamed by the mim museum "Blue Cedar"^[5]

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Fossils

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Catalogue Number	Taxon	Age	Unit
MIM F1 (holotype)^[1]	Mimodactylus libanensis	Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous	Hjoula, Sannine Formation
MIM F49 (holotype)^[6]	Eupodophis descouensi	Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous	Nammoura, Sannine Formation
MIM F63 (holotype)^[7]	Libanoliupanshania mimi	Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous	Hjoula, Sannine Formation
MIM F64 (holotype) and F65 (paratype)^[7]	Libanocordulia debiei	Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous	Hjoula, Sannine Formation
MIM F1001 (holotype) and F1002, F1003, F1008, F1009, F1016, F1017 (paratypes)^[8]	Pinnichnus haqilensis	Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous	Haqel, Sannine Formation
MIM F1021 (holotype)^[8]	Pinnichnus emmae	Cenomanian, Late Cretaceous	Nammoura, Sannine Formation

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History

Fossils

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