A method of making an overbased calcium sulfonate grease or an overbased calcium-magnesium sulfonate grease comprising: adding and mixing an amount of overbased calcium sulfonate containing amorphous calcium carbonate dispersed therein, an optional base oil, and an amount of facilitating acid to form an initial mixture; adding and mixing one or more converting agents to the initial mixture to form a pre-conversion mixture; converting the pre-conversion mixture to a converted mixture by heating until conversion of the amorphous calcium carbonate to crystalline calcium carbonate has occurred; optionally adding and mixing an amount of overbased magnesium sulfonate with the initial mixture, pre-conversion mixture, the converted mixture, or a combination thereof; and wherein there is one or more facilitating acid delay periods between the addition of the facilitating acid and at least a portion of a next subsequently added ingredient; and wherein the one or more facilitating acid delay periods comprise: a facilitating acid holding delay period where the initial mixture comprising the facilitating acid is held at a temperature or range of temperatures for a period of 20 minutes or more when the next subsequently added ingredient is overbased magnesium sulfonate; or 30 minutes or more; a facilitating acid temperature adjustment delay period where the initial mixture comprising the facilitating acid is heated or cooled to a temperature or range of temperatures after adding the facilitating acid for a period of 30 minutes to 24 hours prior to adding at least a portion of the next subsequently added ingredient, or a combination thereof, wherein the amount of overbased calcium sulfonate is 10-45% by weight of the final grease and the amount of optional overbased magnesium sulfonate is 0.1-30% by weight of the final grease, wherein the facilitating acid is an alkyl benzene sulfonic acid having an alkyl chain length between 8 to 16 carbons; and wherein the converting agent includes water, alcohols, ethers, glycols, glycol ethers, glycol polyethers, carboxylic acids, inorganic acids, organic nitrates, and polyhydric alcohols. adding and mixing an amount of overbased calcium sulfonate containing amorphous calcium carbonate dispersed therein, an optional base oil, and an amount of facilitating acid to form an initial mixture; adding and mixing one or more converting agents to the initial mixture to form a pre-conversion mixture; converting the pre-conversion mixture to a converted mixture by heating until conversion of the amorphous calcium carbonate to crystalline calcium carbonate has occurred; optionally adding and mixing an amount of overbased magnesium sulfonate with the initial mixture, pre-conversion mixture, the converted mixture, or a combination thereof; and wherein there is one or more facilitating acid delay periods between the addition of the facilitating acid and at least a portion of a next subsequently added ingredient; and wherein the one or more facilitating acid delay periods comprise: a facilitating acid holding delay period where the initial mixture comprising the facilitating acid is held at a temperature or range of temperatures for a period of 20 minutes or more when the next subsequently added ingredient is overbased magnesium sulfonate; or 30 minutes or more; a facilitating acid temperature adjustment delay period where the initial mixture comprising the facilitating acid is heated or cooled to a temperature or range of temperatures after adding the facilitating acid for a period of 30 minutes to 24 hours prior to adding at least a portion of the next subsequently added ingredient, or a combination thereof, wherein the amount of overbased calcium sulfonate is 10-45% by weight of the final grease and the amount of optional overbased magnesium sulfonate is 0.1-30% by weight of the final grease, wherein the facilitating acid is an alkyl benzene sulfonic acid having an alkyl chain length between 8 to 16 carbons; and wherein the converting agent includes water, alcohols, ethers, glycols, glycol ethers, glycol polyethers, carboxylic acids, inorganic acids, organic nitrates, and polyhydric alcohols. a facilitating acid holding delay period where the initial mixture comprising the facilitating acid is held at a temperature or range of temperatures for a period of 20 minutes or more when the next subsequently added ingredient is overbased magnesium sulfonate; or 30 minutes or more; a facilitating acid temperature adjustment delay period where the initial mixture comprising the facilitating acid is heated or cooled to a temperature or range of temperatures after adding the facilitating acid for a period of 30 minutes to 24 hours prior to adding at least a portion of the next subsequently added ingredient, or a combination thereof, wherein the amount of overbased calcium sulfonate is 10-45% by weight of the final grease and the amount of optional overbased magnesium sulfonate is 0.1-30% by weight of the final grease, wherein the facilitating acid is an alkyl benzene sulfonic acid having an alkyl chain length between 8 to 16 carbons; and wherein the converting agent includes water, alcohols, ethers, glycols, glycol ethers, glycol polyethers, carboxylic acids, inorganic acids, organic nitrates, and polyhydric alcohols.