Fluckite was first described in 1980 for an occurrence in the Gabe-Gottes Mine in
Haut-Rhin,
Alsace, France, and named for
mineralogist Pierre Fluck of
Louis Pasteur University in Strasbourg, France. The mineral was found in at a depth of . It occurs as a post-mine phase on
carbonate gangue. It occurs in association with native arsenic,
tennantite,
skutterudite,
sainfeldite,
pharmacolite,
villyaellenite,
picropharmacolite,
calcite,
dolomite,
ankerite and
quartz. ==References==