Not sure if Monti Or weird Acoro? Two pieces Need help!

[carrillowilliam]

Okay guys i purchased these two pieces blindly not sure of their exact worth or what they are!
I paid 100 for the large pink. acopora or monti? 9inches by 7 with large encrusting piece on the bottle

and 40 for the smaller acoro 5inches by 3

Not clue what they are your inputs would help! Thanks!

 

[Frick]

The first Purple one might be a Acroppora valida.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0077

The second is not even a stony coral. It's a soft leather types. Maybe Sinularia sp.
http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=corals&id=145&menuentry=groepen

 

[carrillowilliam]

The first Purple one might be a Acroppora valida.
http://coral.aims.gov.au/factsheet.jsp?speciesCode=0077

The second is not even a stony coral. It's a soft leather types. Maybe Sinularia sp.
http://species-identification.org/species.php?species_group=corals&id=145&menuentry=groepen

Any idea of their value?

 

[Frick]

In most retail stores I have seen Maricultured Acros like the first one can go for anywhere from $50 to $120. Yours seems to have some great color so I would pay around $100 for it.

The Soft Leathers do not contain as much value unless they are some rare color, basically anything except that pink-tan fleshy color. So yours, if it is a common species of Sinularia, could go for about $40-$50.

That's my 2 cents on value, which can be a very opinionated topic, and can vary quiet a bit city to city, country to country.

 

[Dodgy Russian]

The acropora is acropora secale
The leather is a branching sinularia