If it takes a diamond to cut another diamond,how was the first diamond ever cut?

i mean,u need another diamond to cut another,so how did they cut the first one? Laser?|||Diamonds are not 'cut' like with a (diamond?) knife. Diamond is a hard brittle crystal that has preferred cleavage planes. The diamond is struck with a hard tool and separates into two pieces forming flat planes or facets. It takes an expert to bring out the correct facets to reflect light within and without. A wrong blow, and the diamond will turn to diamond dust.|||Google is your friend. (Or Yahoo will work, too).





Try searching for "How to cut a diamond". I found several articles that tell how this is done.|||it's not like you have to wait for another to grow- i guess they found another diamond!|||Probably with some other material that is hard enough. Laser seems impossible, because they have been working with diamants long before there even was something like laser.|||It doesn't take a diamond to cut a diamond so this isn't a "chicken or egg" dilemma. Go Google "cutting diamonds" and find out first-hand.