Properties of the CaS produced from sulfidation of limestone and its effect on sulfidation rate were investigated by using TG, BET and SEM techniques. CaS produced from limestone had an initial specific surface area of about 6.1 × 10 3 m 2 ·kg –1 with grain size about 0.25 μm, but fell to 0.6 × 10 3 m 2 ·kg –1 after sulfidation of 40 minutes due to CaS sintering.