William Gregor discovered unknowingly in 1791. When he discovered it, he was analyzing a certain hard, black, sandy material he found in his neighborhood. At the time he had no clue that what he had found was going to be named . Allen Hunter did not make the pure metal until 1910, by heating TiCl4 ( chlorine 4) in a steel bomb. Later, a man named Martin Klaproth took the discovery of Gregor one step further and named it after the giants in Greek mythology, the Titans. When is in it’s powder form it can sell for around $100 a pound. is th ....