Onyx is usually composed of small to granular calcium crystals and rarely aragonite. The microcrystals are bonded together in a fibrous or lamellar texture. They will be translucent and have different colors depending on the amount of iron oxide. The color of onyx is usually a golden brown due to iron oxide, but can also be white, light/dark yellow, amber, red or dark green. The color bands link together from clear to vague. Moh hardness is 3.