These pretty bowls of orange calcite are ideal as candle holders, for example, with a tea light or, of course, to collect "odds and ends".
The Chinese characters on the tealight holder of orange calcite means freely translated: little bowl for collecting wealth (wealth bowl).
Diameter of the orange calcite money bowl outside: about 9cm. Inside: about 5cm
Other names for calcite are calcite/calcareous spath, limestone, double spath and sea chalk. The vernacular calls the Calcite also leg break stone. Of the various possible spellings, e.g. calcite, calcite, calcite or calcide, the spelling calcite, which is in common use in the wholesale trade today, has prevailed.