Angela Craciun

Angela Craciun is a Romanian national settled in France who is a mineralogist who established the World Mineralogy Organization to promote research and new ideas in mineralogy on a global basis, and is also actively involved in promoting the cultural heritage of the Chateau de la Huardiere, a castle which she owns in the Loire River Valley, France. She is also involved in encouraging film organizations at the international level.
Craciun established the Arthema International Group and is its President. Establishing of the "Indigo Magazine”, which is a reference book for the new Romanian press, is credited to her.

Craciun is pursuing efforts to establish the Château de la Huardière, a 19th century castle on the banks of the Loire River, which she owns, as an international center of cultural events. She is developing several cultural projects within her castle at Loire in association with film director Elisabeta Bostan, President of Cinemaiubit Student Film Festival, Joel Soler, President of Cinéma vérité Institute, and Robin Saban, President of International Student Film Festival, Hollywood; the projects which she has mooted are the ACAP Loire-Association pour la Conaissance de la Culture et du Patrimoine de la Loire, Diamond Cinema, and Diamonds Ball.
In the deliberations held at the International Conference of Mineralogy at Yalta, in September 2003 Craciun mooted the idea of establishing the World Mineralogical Organization as a scientific NGO in the constitutional framework of an international association; the scientists participating in the conference supported her. As result the "Organisation Mondiale de Mineralogie" (OMM) or the World Mineralogical Organization became a reality in 2004 with headquarters at Monaco with membership of a body of scientists, academicians, researcher scholars, curators, specific scientific organizations, and editors of journals in the field of Mineralogy. The objective of this organization which she is actively pursuing is to encourage research and cooperation in the field of mineralogy and to organize seminars and conferences in this discipline. Medals, titled in the name of Prince Rainier III and Prince Albert I are awarded by her as part of the organization encouragement for outstanding contributions in this field.
Honours
Craciun has received many accolades for her contribution in the scientific and public service fields. Some of these awards are: Two Gold Medals at the International Exhibition of Inventions held in Bucharest, Romania in 2003; "Medal of Excellence" and the Prize of the Best presentation during the International Scientific Conference on "Topical Problems of Mineral Resource Development" held at Saint Petersburg in Russia in 2005; was honoured as "Professor Rzhevsky" by the Moscow State Mining University, for promoting cooperation among international universities in the field of mining.<ref name=Chat/>
Membership
Craciun held membership in the Russian Federation, the Association of Engineering Geologists (USA), Mineralogical Society of America, Club Allemand International de la Principauté de Monaco, and Monte-Carlo Country Club.<ref name=Chat/>

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