Salim Eddé and the Early Influences That Led to the mim Museum

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Click to increase image sizeClick to decrease image size ACKNOWLEDGMENTSMy deepest thanks and admiration to John White for his skillful editing and reviewing of this article; William Besse for his artful and informative map of the region; Jordi Fabre and Carles Manresa for agreeing to help me organize and write this article; photographers James Elliott, Augustin de Valence, Alessandro Clemenza, Federico Picciani, and Jeff Scovil for their wonderfully illustrative photographs; Suzy Hakimian for her immensely helpful assistance in arranging my trip to the mim; Carole Atallah for her companionship as we traveled throughout Lebanon and for her patience in answering my never-ending questions; and, of course, to Salim Eddé for his generous invitation to visit the mim, his incredible availability during our multiple, long conversations, and for his willingness to share the treasures of the mim with the world.Additional informationNotes on contributorsBryan SwobodaBryan Swoboda, founder of mineral film company BlueCap Productions, is dedicated to bringing information, images, and stories from around the world to an eager mineral collecting public.Jordi Fabre i FornagueraJordi Fabre is the founder of Fabre Minerals, fabreminerals.com, Forum Friends of Minerals, Formative Mineralogy Forum (FMF), and minerales.info, all of which are related to minerals and his passion for them in different forms, including collecting them.Carles Manresa PLACarles Manresa Pla is a graduate geologist, cathodic protection technician, mineral collector, and FMF administrator for information on mineralogy.