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diff --git a/mjo/eja/eja_element.py b/mjo/eja/eja_element.py
index 8af3b77..a229fa3 100644
--- a/mjo/eja/eja_element.py
+++ b/mjo/eja/eja_element.py
@@ -332,7 +332,8 @@ class EJAElement(IndexedFreeModuleElement):
 
         SETUP::
 
-            sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (JordanSpinEJA,
+            sage: from mjo.eja.eja_algebra import (AlbertEJA,
+            ....:                                  JordanSpinEJA,
             ....:                                  TrivialEJA,
             ....:                                  RealSymmetricEJA,
             ....:                                  ComplexHermitianEJA,
@@ -395,6 +396,22 @@ class EJAElement(IndexedFreeModuleElement):
             sage: actual2 == expected
             True
 
+        There's a formula for the determinant of the Albert algebra
+        (Yokota, Section 2.1)::
+
+            sage: def albert_det(x):
+            ....:     X = x.to_matrix()
+            ....:     res  = X[0,0]*X[1,1]*X[2,2]
+            ....:     res += 2*(X[1,2]*X[2,0]*X[0,1]).real()
+            ....:     res -= X[0,0]*X[1,2]*X[2,1]
+            ....:     res -= X[1,1]*X[2,0]*X[0,2]
+            ....:     res -= X[2,2]*X[0,1]*X[1,0]
+            ....:     return res.leading_coefficient()
+            sage: J = AlbertEJA(field=QQ, orthonormalize=False)
+            sage: xs = J.random_elements(10)
+            sage: all( albert_det(x) == x.det() for x in xs )
+            True
+
         """
         P = self.parent()
         r = P.rank()