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Are pebble beaches young sand beaches?

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Hi y'all!

I hope this is the right place for this. Lying on a pebble beach today I wondered: do pebble beaches become sand beaches in time? Or are they fundamentally different? I remember a close up shot of sand didn't look like pebbles. Thanks in advance for shining your light on this layman's question of a curious mind :)

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Sand is silica. 27% of the earth crust. Pebbles would need to be analyzed to see what they are made up of.
Lime stone is common as is granite. Granite is a conglomerate of feldspar, mica, quartz mostly but very hard compared to limestone.
Pebbles often have fossils in them.
 
In this video he speaks at your question
 
Thank you for your responses!
 

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