Named by A. Ertl, I.A. Baksheev, G. Giester, C.L. Lengauer, V.Y. Prokofiev, and L.D. Zorina in 2015 in honor of Dr Ferdinando Bosi (1967-), researcher at the University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy, an expert in crystallography and mineralogy of tourmaline and spinel.
