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by todd8 1279 days ago
Only the head of the Prince Rupert drop is tough, due to high levels of stress in the glass (its made by dripping viscous melted glass into water). Interestingly, the whole drop with shatter into glass dust if the filament like tail is broken!

Wikipedia has a good description of this. [1]

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_Rupert's_drop