Finding duplicate photos to delete

I want to delete duplicate photos in iphoto. I have too many to just delete individual ones, so want to know if there is a way to get the Mac to search the hard drive to find libraries with the same file reference. The problem is that I have created multiple folder names at different times for my collection of photos. I want to be sure that i'm not deleting the primary photo and just keeping a thumbnail or similar.

1. Under no circumstances search the hard drive or use the Finder to delete images in an iPhoto Library. If you do you will trash the Library.
2. For dealing with duplicates in iPhoto check out Duplicate Annihilator
There is no way to check for duplicates across libraries - i.e files that are in Library A and Library B. You could try use the paid version ($20) of iPhoto Library Manager to merge the libraries and set it to not add duplicates
Regards
TD

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