Duplicate contact merge/unify - Help!

When  I purchased my new iPhone, the Verizon store transfered my contacts from my Droid X. Problem - my 3200 contacts turned into 12,000 contacts.... Each individual entry into each individual cell turned into a separate contact on the iPhone! I cannot find any way to merge duplicate contacts together. I have called Verizon, as well as Apple three times each...... - there Tech support, while VERY nice and helpful could not tell me how to make this happen. If I do it manually it will take years! Help!
Thank you....
John Mooy
Santa Barbara Ca.

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