A device and method of handling stone samples. The device (10) comprises a handling unit (13) rotatable relative to a frame (11) of the device. Inside the handling unit may be arranged a stone sample storage box (18) comprising several parallel stone samples (S). On the storage box may be arranged several intermediate cassettes (24) in an upside down position. The handling unit is turned (T) upside down in order to tip the stone samples from the storage box to the several intermediate cassettes. The intermediate cassettes are removed from the handling unit and the stone samples are tipped to individual sawing cassettes (9).