Which came first sand or sandstone?

Answer 1

Sand is a rock material that has been eroded into tiny grains. Sand is composed of quartz and other minerals. Sand becomes the way it does by staring as a rock and getting eroded and eroded until it becomes the tiny grain it is.

Sandstone is basically sand cemented into a rock formation. Sandstone is made up of two materials: matrix and cement. Matrix is fine-grained. Sandstone with a lot of matrix is poorly sorted. If matrix amounts to more than 10% it will start to get poorly sorted.

When sand is pushed deeply down, it's introduced to hotter temperatures.

Answer 2

This is from wikipedia. Check out the whole article for more information.

The formation of sandstone involves two principal stages. First, a layer or layers of sand accumulates as the result of sedimentation, either from water (as in a river, lake, or sea) or from air (as in a desert). Typically, sedimentation occurs by the sand settling out from suspension; i.e., ceasing to be rolled or bounced along the bottom of a body of water (e.g., seas or rivers) or ground surface (e.g., in a desert or erg). Finally, once it has accumulated, the sand becomes sandstone when it is compacted by pressure of overlying deposits and cemented by the precipitation of minerals within the pore spaces between sand grains.

Answer 3

Eroded rock formed sand grains. The sand accumulated in thick layers, and were then compressed over a very long time to form solid sandstone. So you could say that weathering came first, then the grains of sand came later, followed by the sandstone!

Answer 4

Rocks come first before being weathered or decomposed to sands

Answer 5

Sand came first because you need sand to make sandstone. Sand is a form of igneous rock which is compacted down.

Answer 6

the sand totally came first it came by eroded sedimentary rocks

Answer 7

Sandstone is made of compressed stone, and sand is made of minerals.