Giant sequoias and California redwoods (also called coast redwoods) are natureâs skyscrapers. These enormous trees exist primarily in Northern California, and though they have a number of common characteristics, including distinctive cinnamon-red bark, they are different species.
Gossamer is an animated cartoon character in the Warner Bros. Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies series of cartoons.The character is a hairy, orange monster.he word gossamer means any sort of thin, fragile, transparent material â in particular, it can refer to a kind of delicate, sheer gauze or a light cobweb. The name is meant to be ironic, since the character is large, menacing, and destructive.
The name gossan appears to come from Cornish miner's slang. It comes from the Cornish gossen, from gÅs meaning blood, from Old Cornish guit. The terms iron cap and iron hat, common in America, are direct translations from the German  eisenhut , which term was also used in America.n the 19th and 20th centuries gossans were important guides to buried ore deposits used by prospectors in their quest for metal ores. An experienced prospector could read the clues in the structure of the gossans to determine the type of mineralization likely to be found below the iron cap.