When you place 2 or more sand/gravel on top of a double piston extender, then expand and retract it one of the sand/gravel will be destroyed if both pistons are sticky pistons.
I expected all the sand to just fall back down, but the sticky piston pulled one sand and the other fell into the same block.
To recreate:
1. Build a double piston extender with 2 sticky pistons like the one in the attachments.
2. Place 2 or more sand/gravel on top of the pistons.
3. Power it on, then power it off.
Unable to reproduce. The double extender doesn't work for me. Please zip and attach your test world.