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Flat

The trade's unit of wholesale: a cardboard tray of specimens of one kind sold as a lot (a flat of Moroccan trilobites, of Green River Knightia).

The trade's unit of wholesale: a cardboard tray of specimens of one kind sold as a lot (a flat of Moroccan trilobites, of Green River Knightia). Buying by the flat means cataloguing by the lot.

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Stratum Study. "Flat" (Glossary). Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-16. https://stratum.black/study/glossary/wholesale-flat. Accessed 2026-09-20.

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@misc{stratum-wholesale-flat,
  title        = {Flat},
  author       = {{Stratum Study}},
  howpublished = {\url{https://stratum.black/study/glossary/wholesale-flat}},
  year         = {2026},
  note         = {Glossary article, Stratum Study pack 2026.09, as of 2026-09-16; sources: stratum. Accessed 2026-09-20.}
}

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