Mim Museum

The Mim Museum is a private museum in Beirut, Lebanon. The museum displays more than 2000 minerals, representing 450 different species from 70 countries, and is considered one of the most significant private collections of minerals in the world.[1] It opened in 2013.[2]

Université Saint-Joseph Campus of the Innovation and Sport at Beyrouth
mim museum, Université Saint-Joseph Campus of the Innovation and Sport at Beyrouth

The museum also hosts an exhibition of marine and flying fossils from Lebanon.

  • Large, di-hexagonal prismatic crystal of 1,390 carats uncut with a beautiful deep green color. It is transparent and features few inclusions in the upper 2/3, and is translucent in the lower part. Housed at the mim museum, Beirut, Lebanon.
  • The stone at the top and in the middle is a Baryte from Morocco. It is nicknamed by the mim museum "Blue Cedar"[3]

See also

References
  1. "The world's most exciting private collection of minerals hides in Beirut – Museeum". www.museeum.com. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. "Peter Lyckberg - The MIM Museum opening, Lebanon". www.mindat.org. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  3. "mim museum". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 2019-03-24.

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