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# Incredible Minerals Today

## [Nevada teachers learn about 10-million-year-old diatomaceous earth fossils](https://blog.epminerals.com/ep-minerals-gives-back-teaching-nevada-teachers-about-diatomaceous-earth0-0)

 Posted by [Julie Brown](https://blog.epminerals.com/author/julie-brown)

 Sep 26, 2019 9:19:55 AM

![IMG_0821](https://blog.epminerals.com/hs-fs/hub/327292/file-2364150108.jpg?width=332&name=file-2364150108.jpg)  Nothern Nevada teachers collecting stickleback fish fossils

For years, EP Minerals, a U.S. Silica company, has hosted the annual Nevada Mining Association's teachers workshop, touring our Clark plant and mine. This past year, 55 Northern Nevada teachers got the incredible experience of touring our plant, a historical lecture on diatomaceous earth (DE), and a mine tour, where they got to take as many DE rocks as they could carry with them to share with their students. It's always a fun group and the teachers are genuinely excited about taking what they learn back to their classes.   

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 Topics: [Diatomaceous Earth](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/diatomaceous-earth), [diatom](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/diatom), [diatomaceous earth filtration](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/diatomaceous-earth-filtration), [innovation](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/innovation), [DE filtration](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/de-filtration), [de filter aid](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/de-filter-aid), [datomaceousearthfilteraid](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/datomaceousearthfilteraid), [highpurityfiltration](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/highpurityfiltration)

## [EP Gives Back: Teaching Nevada teachers about diatomaceous earth](https://blog.epminerals.com/ep-minerals-gives-back-teaching-nevada-teachers-about-diatomaceous-earth0)

 Posted by [Julie Brown](https://blog.epminerals.com/author/julie-brown)

 Jul 11, 2018 2:52:09 PM

![IMG_0821](https://blog.epminerals.com/hs-fs/hub/327292/file-2364150108.jpg?width=332&name=file-2364150108.jpg)  Nothern Nevada teachers collecting stickleback fish fossils

Next week, EP Minerals is hosting the annual Nevada Mining Association's teachers workshop, touring our Clark plant and mine. This year, 55 Northern Nevada teachers will get the incredible experience of touring our plant, a historical lecture on diatomaceous earth (DE), and a mine tour, where they can take as many DE rocks as they can carry with them to share with their students. It's always a fun group and the teachers are genuinely excited about taking what they learn back to their classes.   

[Read More](https://blog.epminerals.com/ep-minerals-gives-back-teaching-nevada-teachers-about-diatomaceous-earth0)

 Topics: [Diatomaceous Earth](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/diatomaceous-earth), [diatom](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/diatom), [innovation](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/innovation)

## [How EP Minerals drives innovation in diatomaceous earth, perlite & clay](https://blog.epminerals.com/how-ep-minerals-drives-innovtion-in-diatomaceous-earth-perlite-and-clay)

 Posted by [Julie Brown](https://blog.epminerals.com/author/julie-brown)

 Mar 2, 2018 12:02:18 PM

 ![monica.png](https://blog.epminerals.com/hs-fs/hubfs/monica.png?width=491&name=monica.png)*In the EP Minerals R&D Lab*

In an average day, you probably come in contact with over 100 products that have been manufactured or processed using industrial minerals**.** Industrial minerals are defined as non-metallic minerals produced from natural sources. Science and technology are playing an ever increasing role in new product innovation in the world of industrial minerals.

Here at EP Minerals, we mine and manufacture products from diatomaceous earth (DE), perlite, and clays. These incredibly high-quality minerals are used in an extremely broad range of applications in every day life. Without these minerals, a vast range of products would simply not exist. Surprised? 

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 Topics: [EP Minerals](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/ep-minerals), [engineered materials](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/engineered-materials), [innovation](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/innovation), [industrial minerals](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/industrial-minerals)

## [EP Minerals focuses on STEM for innovation excellence](https://blog.epminerals.com/ep-minerals-focuses-on-stem-for-innovation-excellence)

 Posted by [Julie Brown](https://blog.epminerals.com/author/julie-brown)

 Nov 9, 2017 2:10:14 PM

 ![monica.png](https://blog.epminerals.com/hs-fs/hubfs/monica.png?width=491&name=monica.png)*In the EP Minerals R&D Lab*

In an average day, you probably come in contact with over 100 products that have been manufactured or processed using industrial minerals**.** Industrial minerals are defined as non-metallic minerals produced from natural sources. Here at EP Minerals, we mine and manufacture products from diatomaceous earth (DE), perlite, and clays. These incredibly high-quality minerals are used in an extremely broad range of applications in every day life. Without these minerals, a vast range of products would simply not exist. Surprised? 

[Read More](https://blog.epminerals.com/ep-minerals-focuses-on-stem-for-innovation-excellence)

 Topics: [Company News](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/company-news), [engineered materials](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/engineered-materials), [innovation](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/innovation), [industrial minerals](https://blog.epminerals.com/topic/industrial-minerals)

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