Gargoti Museum

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Gargoti Museum
गारगोटी संग्रहालय
LocationSinnar, Nashik, Maharashtra, India
Collection sizeMore than 1000 objects
Visitors> 200,000 annual
Websitewww.gargoti.com

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

This section displays zeolite minerals and crystals excavated from the Deccan region of India, mainly Maharashtra and surroundings states.

Exhibits include:

  1. Zeolite, mineral, and crystal specimens
  2. Fossils of shells, extinct dinosaurs, and mammoths
  3. Finest quality of statues carved out of precious/semi-precious stones
  4. The fluorescent mineral display

This section displays rare finds from India and around the world.

This includes -

  1. Gem, precious/semi-precious stones
  2. Precious/semi-precious metals
  3. Rocks from Moon and Mars
  4. 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]

References
  1. "Chota Bheem makes way for Maya's mystery spin". Wisdenindia.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2015. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
  2. "English – Gargoti – The mineral museum". Gargoti.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  3. "Nashik Gargoti Museum - Gargoti Museum in Nasik, Gargoti Mineral Museum, Shirdi Gargoti Museum, Gargoti Museum Sinnar - Nashik Directory - Maharashtra, India". Nashikdirectory.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  4. "Famous Gargoti Museum in Nashik, Museums in Nashik City". Nashikonline.in. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
  5. "Gargoti - The Mineral Museum". IndiaMike.com. Retrieved 14 December 2018.
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