Nanoparticles of platinum-group elements (PGE-NPs) in chromite deposits PGE-NPs can form at high-temperatures in magmatic conditions in the mantle PGE-NPs nanoparticles might be segregated before sulfur saturation is achieved and/or coevally with chromite crystallization Post-magmatic alteration of chromite ores enhances low temperature formation of PGE-NPs