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The alteration of chromian spinel is a key process during serpentinization and metamorphism of ultramafic rocks controlled by oxygen fugacity (fO2) and Fe2+ ↔ Fe3+ exchange during fluid–rock interaction. Chromian spinel alteration is better recorded in less permeable chromitite than in peridotites where extensive fluid–rock interaction frequently overprints the record of earlier stages of alteration...