Chairs = common noun; Roll-O-Rocker = proper noun. Harriet threw the stale cucumber sandwich in the trash can and fantasized about a Big Mac dripping with special sauce. Sandwich = common noun; Big Mac = proper noun. Because we like an attentive waiter, we always ask for Simon when we eat at Mama Rizzoli's Pizzeria.
Answer: Reef Sand is live sand when it is on the bottom of the ocean floor, it is here where the reef sand is alive. When the Reef Sand has been out of the seawater for a period of time and exposed to the airborne elements it is considered to be dead sand. (lacking nitrifying bacteria).
Coral reefs are found in the sea around the equator all around the world, but they are not formed by geologic processes. Reefs are hard-as-stone structures that have been built up over many thousands of years by tiny organisms called corals leaving behind their skeletal remains.