Gargoti Museum


The Gargoti Museum is a museum in the town Sinnar near Nashik in Indian state of Maharashtra that houses a collection of natural mineral & gem specimens collected by K.C.Pandey over 40 years. The word "goti" refers to a Marathi word meaning stone or pebble. This is India's 1st & only Gem, Mineral & Fossil Museum. It is the world's biggest “Private” Gem & Mineral Museum. It also houses the largest & the finest collection of Indian Zeolite Minerals & Crystals in the world.

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Gargoti Museum houses the largest & the finest collection of Indian Zeolite Minerals & 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.

Deccan Plateau Gallery

This section displays Zeolite Minerals & Crystals excavated from the Deccan region of Mother India mainly Maharashtra & surroundings States.
This includes -
  1. Zeolite, Mineral & Crystal Specimens
  2. Fossils of Shells Extinct Dinosaurs & Mammoth
  3. Finest quality of Statues carved out of Precious/Semi-Precious stones
  4. The Fluorescent Mineral Display

Prestige Gallery

This section displays the exclusive & the rarest finds of our Mother Nature from India & around the world.
This includes -
  1. Gem, Precious/Semi-Precious Stones
  2. Precious/Semi-Precious Metals
  3. Rocks from Moon & 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.

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