Gargoti Museum
Gem-and-mineral museum in Sinnar, Maharashtra, India
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| Location | Sinnar, Nashik, Maharashtra, India |
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| Collection size | More than 1000 objects |
| Visitors | > 200,000 annual |
| Website | www |
The Gargoti Museum is a museum in the town Sinnar near Nashik in Indian state of Maharashtra that houses a collection of natural mineral and gem specimens collected by K. C. Pandey over 40 years. The word "goti" refers to a Marathi word meaning stone or pebble.[1] This is India's first and only gem, mineral, and fossil museum. It also houses the largest and finest collection of Indian zeolite minerals and crystals in the world.[2]
Details
The Gargoti Museum houses the largest & the finest collection of Indian Indian zeolite minerals and crystals in the world. It is divided into two galleries namely Deccan Plateau Gallery and Prestige Gallery. There are 2 floors in the museum and has vast collection of minerals and crystals. It is located 32 km from Nashik on Nashik-Shirdi highway in a town named Sinnar.[3]
The museum's displays include:[4]
- Natural Crystals
- Zeolites, Minerals
- Gem Stones
- Precious Stones & Metals
- Semi-Precious Stones & Metals
- Fossils
- Statues
- Handicrafts
Deccan Plateau Gallery
This section displays zeolite minerals and crystals excavated from the Deccan region of India, mainly Maharashtra and surroundings states.
Exhibits include:
- Zeolite, mineral, and crystal specimens
- Fossils of shells, extinct dinosaurs, and mammoths
- Finest quality of statues carved out of precious/semi-precious stones
- The fluorescent mineral display
Prestige Gallery
This section displays rare finds from India and around the world.
This includes -
- Gem, precious/semi-precious stones
- Precious/semi-precious metals
- Rocks from Moon and Mars
- The best of Indian zeolite minerals
The Prestige Gallery, designs are inspired by the Indian Parliament's Monument and showcases a glimpse of the spell bounding treasures of Nature.[5]
