birth_place nationality birth_date genre image article_title name
united states american 03 november 1949 ethnography r-diran . jpg richard k. diran
 richard k. diran
richard k. diran

richard k. diran -lrb- born november 3 , 1949 -rrb- is an american adventurer and gemologist who has also been a painter , trader in gemstones , restauranteur , and art dealer .
he is most notable as the author and photographer of the book `` the vanishing tribes of burma '' , which was published in 1997 .
