BLUE SAPPHIRE - ROSE CHANELS?

[Mickey Bourbon]

I recently purchased a large blue sapphire. Looking at the stone under a jewelers loupe I noticed some silk but also a very thin dark lattice of very dark blue even perhaps black. It is almost unperceptible. What could this lattice represent, these are very thin lines crossing each other at an angle

 

[PinkAndBlueBling]

Do they look like this?

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[Mickey Bourbon]

Yes but they are dark

 

[Mickey Bourbon]

They have the shape of those in the picture but are dark like these

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[Mickey Bourbon]

Boehmite needles in untreated blue sapphire 5.32 ct