Device with jig for cutting clay mineral slides oriented for analyses of the x-ray diffractometry technique

Device A device for preparing analyses of samples or slides of clay minerals from slides of clay materials in the for use with an X-ray diffractometry technique, the device comprising:

• an orientation guide base comprising an unevenness defined by a difference in height between a first portion and a second portion of the orientation guide base, the unevenness extending along a length of the orientation guide base;
• and
• a removable holder for maintaining a position of slides of clay minerals relative to the unevenness of the orientation guide base, the removable holder comprising holes extending through the removable holder and spaced along a length of the removable holder that is parallel to the length of the orientation guide base,
• wherein the orientation guide base and the removable holder are assemblable together via screws extending through the holes of the removable holder and corresponding holes of the orientation guide base extending through the orientation guide base.