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What is beach sand made of?

Updated: 8/10/2023
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Sand is primarily silica particles that are virtually " ground" by the constant ebb and flow of water/tides and time acting on them.Constant crashing into rocks,shells, and other things in the oceans that are harder than the silicates reducie them to various sized particles.It should also be noted that sands from different places ( shorelines) on earth are different colours relative to the silicates found therein

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Sand is the term for sediments that have been weathered away from the parent rock and eroded/carried away by a variety of means, such as wind, etc. It is known as detrital sediment because it is formed by chemical and physical weathering and comes from terrestrial rocks. It is made from the parent rock, so what the sand is made of depends on the original rock. For example, sand grains of feldspar could have a parent rock of Arkose.

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Beaches are made of many things. The most common being sand, and others are made of lava, and of rocks.

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Sand is made from little particles of rock that have wore away over time

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Sand is composed mostly of silicon dioxide (silica)

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Small particles of rock, mineral, and skeletal remains. The contents of beach sand will vary from beach to beach depending on the source material.

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sand is made of crushed rocks sometimes nature makes it by rubbing rocks together with the ocean's currents, and man made is still made of rocks- well most of the time.

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