OpenGL transparency issues in Acrobat X (OSX)

When viewing 3D PDFs in Acrobat X (both Reader and Pro) under OSX, it seems the OpenGL display does not display tranparencies.
On a PC this is fine, and when switching the Preferred Render option to Software it displays this, but without any shadows.
I have tried this on a number of macs in the office, with the same results. Viewing the same document in Acrobat 8 shows the tranparencies correctly (we have just migrated from 8 to X).
Apologies if this was a dupe issue - I trawled long and hard through the forums to see if anyone encountered the same issue.
I am running OSX version 10.6.8 and Acrobat X version 10.1.0

Thanks Michall.
Here is a sample of the file:
3D PDF
Along with links to the view in Acrobat 8:
and Acrobat X
Both are using OpenGL, but somehow display differently.
Any comments/insight welcome.

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