What is the derivative of sand? (seashore)?

Question

Is sand made up of fish boo? or is sand made by "friction of stones" clashing together? over millions of years.

Please dont say both, because i am trying to win an argument. THANK YOU

Is it fish boo??????? answer this???

Answer 1

SAND IS SILICA.. Oh my gosh. How the heck sand had any relation with FISH??

Silica is a type of chemical compound. Silicon dioxide to be exact. It is the giant molecular structure of many SiO2 molecules that form 1 sand particle.

Now go and study your chemistry!

Answer 2

White coral/ocean sand comes from coral, seashells, calcarious algae, which produce structures made of calcium carbonate, a white compound.

Why is marble found in Colorado and limestone found in Arizona?

* Colorado and Arizona, as well as most of the middle section of North America, was once covered by an ocean that stretched from the Arctic Ocean to the Caribbean Sea. Coraline sand was deposited at the bottom of this body of water, and produced sandstone deposits. Over geologic time the land mass rose and the ocean receded producing the current North American continent. Due to time, heat, and pressure, the sandstone was transformed into limestone, then into marble. The marble deposits in the Rocky Mountains and the omnipresent limestone deposits (Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon), all composed of calcium carbonate, were once marine shells and corals. Incidentally this oceanic history of this region explains why petroleum deposits, the product of marine life deposits, have been found there.

Answer 3

we were told recently on a snorkeling trip that the sand there was essentially fish poop...from parrot fish... while they are eating they also eat the coral and then that gets digest further and like magic....sand...

now not all the sand is from parrot fish but maybe the real fine white sand is...

edited to add more info....

These herbivorous reef fish graze on corals and algae growing on the surfaces of rocks throughout the reef. The strong beak-like fused teeth are used to bite off pieces of stony corals. It is not the hard coral skeleton that provides nourishment, but rather the coral polyps that grow on the surface of this skeleton. Living within these coral polyps are symbiotic algae called zooxanthellae. Coral skeletal material that is ingested by the parrotfish is crushed by the grinding motion of the pharyngeal mill, specialized teeth located in the throat. Afterwards, it makes its way through the fish's digestive system and deposited on the reef as white coral sand. Parrotfish are known to return to the same area to release their waste products, forming hills of white sand. Parrotfish may produce as much as one ton of coral sand per acre of reef each year.

Answer 4

Rocks is the more accurate as there is indeed some rock dust in it but it is mainly made out of shells. I'm sure if you look in a good encyclopedia it will tell you a more accurate brake up than I can. Hope it wasn't you who said "fish poo" because that is frankly stupid lol!

Answer 5

challenging situation. look into from google or bing. this might help!

Answer 6

Friction of stones

Answer 7

Hey, its a 4 billion year old process. Silica and
Peridot <(I forget the spelling for the last) make up most of the planet with a smidegon of this and that thrown in for good measure. Aye, it be silica that you'd be see'n there matey.

Answer 8

Sand is fossilized watermelon seeds from the Jurassic era.

Answer 9

Friction of salt water and stones.It is the chemical reaction.

Answer 10

Sand/dx

Actually it is made up of rocks powdered!